D600 unit built by North British Locomotive Co for service on Western Region, has two 12-cyl NBL-MAN pressure charged engines, each rated 1000 bhp at 1445 rpm, and 1100 bhp at 1500 rpm; each engine drives two outer axles of one truck via Voith-North British L306r hydraulic transmission; length over buffers 65 ft; weight in working order 117 ton 8 cwt; max tractive effort at 30% adhesion is 50,000 lb. (see also Engineer v 205 n 5327 Feb 28 1958 p 327-8; Diesel Ry Traction v 12 n 311 Apr 1958 p 147-51)


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    Title :

    First main-line diesel-hydraulic locomotive for British railways


    Additional title:

    Ry Gaz


    Published in:

    Railway Gazette ; 108 , n 8


    Publication date :

    1958


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English







    British railways new diesel locomotive

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1949


    British railways new diesel locomotive

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1949