Illustrated description of express locomotive manufactured by Brown Boveri and Co; design based on new truck having twin driving axles; with four hourly rated 1000-hp (metric) driving motors, very low weight/output ratio of 20 kg per horsepower was achieved; length over buffers 15.6 m; total weight 80,000 kg; max speed 125 km per hr.


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    Title :

    Loetschberg railway's bo-bo electric locomotive


    Additional title:

    Engineer


    Published in:

    Engineer ; 182 , n 4732


    Publication date :

    1946


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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