Diesel locomotives on French National Railroads, which haul heavy-freight and fast passenger trains on difficult profiles with numerous stops, have massic power at rim above 30 hp/ton, load per axle below 21 tons, coefficient of adhesion at starting above 0.33, dynamic stability close to 3 km/hr, and trucks with short turning radius; examples of locomotives, mostly diesel-electric, equipped with 4-stroke diesel engines supercharged with aftercooling; engines are either semi-rapid (rated at 2700 hp) for 12-cyl type or rapid (1500 rpm, rated at 2400 hp) for 16-cyl type; development of engines and operational experience.
French technical advance in field of diesel railway traction
SAE -- Paper
SAE Meeting ; 1964 Traction
1964
16 pages
Conference paper
English
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French Technical Advance in the Field of Diesel Railway Traction
SAE Technical Papers | 1964
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