Single-unit English Electric 2000-hp 1-Co-Co-1 design for 170 mi section of 3 ft 6 in. gage road; units will haul trailing loads of 760 tons on 68 axles; length over buffer beams 56 ft; total weight in working order 113 'tons; starting tractive effort at 30% adhesion 60,-300 lb; power unit is English Electric 16 SVT Mk II diesel engine with main and auxiliary generators. (see also Gas and Oil Power v 602 n 50 July 1955 p 191-2) (Supplement to Railway Gazette and Railway News)


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    Title :

    Main-line locomotives for Rhodesia


    Additional title:

    Diesel Ry Traction


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1955


    Size :

    5 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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