Locomotive No. 10100 built at Derby works, provided with system of transmission invented by L.F.R. Fell; there are four main Diesel engines, each of 500 hp; use of differential gears as means of grouping together output of number of propelling engines; each engine connected through hydraulic coupling to one of four sun wheels of primary differentials; illustrations. (See also Engineering v 171 n 4453 June 1 1951 p 655-7; Engineer v 191 n 4975 June 1 1951 p 725-8; Oil Engine and Gas Turbine v 19 n 216 June 1951 p 44-6; Gas and Oil Power v 46 n 550 July 1951 p 167-70; Ry Gaz v 94 n 22 June 1 1951 p 615-6, 618; Ry Age v 131 n 11 Sept 10 1951 p 51-4)


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    Title :

    Diesel locomotive with "fell" mechanical drive


    Additional title:

    Diesel Ry Traction



    Publication date :

    1951


    Size :

    7 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




    Fell diesel mechanical locomotive

    Fell, L.F.R. / Barrett, G.M. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1957


    Fell diesel mechanical locomotive

    Fell, L.F.R. / Barrett, G.M. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1957


    Fell diesel mechanical locomotive

    Fell, L.F.R. / Barrett, G.M. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1958


    Fell diesel mechanical locomotive

    Fell, L.F.R. / Barrett, G.M. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1958


    Fell diesel mechanical locomotive

    Fell, L.F.R. / Barrett, G.M. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1957