Paris, Lyons, Mediterranean railway using unusually large single-cab 5300-hp. electric passenger experimental locomotives of singular design; engines designed to fit particular needs of high-speed service on Mont-Cenis line; electrical apparatus; driving wheels, 63 in.; total locomotive wheelbase 68 ft. 3 in.; total weight of locomotive 351,000 lb.; continuous rating of tractive force 28,700 lb.; maximum speed 81 m.p.h. (Translated abstract) (See also Revue Generale des Chemins de Fer, vol. 48, no. 6, Dec. 1929, pp. 474-519, 29 figs.)


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    Title :

    High-speed electric locomotives of the P.L.M. railroad


    Additional title:

    Les Locomotives Electriques a Grande vitesse de la Compagnie P.-L.-M.


    Contributors:
    Japiot, M. (author)

    Published in:

    Railway Age ; 88 , n 7


    Publication date :

    1930


    Size :

    3 pages


    Remarks:

    3 Figs.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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