Bo-Bo unit for main line freight duties, built by British Thomson-Houston Co; unit as max designed speed of 60 mph and max starting tractive effort of 37,500 lb; length over buffers 42 ft; truck wheelbase 8 ft 6 in.; weight in working order 68 tons; Paxman 16-cyl engine rated 800 bhp at 1250 rpm is coupled to BTH 500-kw generator rated at 690/337v, 720/1320A. (See also Ry Gaz v 107 n 21 Nov 22 1957 p 590-3; Engineering v 184 n 4788 Dec 13 1957 p 759-60; Engineer v 204 n 5313 Nov 22 1957 p 759)
Type "1" diesel-electric locomotive for British railways
Oil Engine Gas Turbine
Oil Engine and Gas Turbine ; 25 , n 292
1957
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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