Diesel-powered units have Alco 251 engines delivering 4300 gross hp to 6-axle trucks through Voith hydraulic transmissions; each transmission with three hydraulic torque converters is direct-connected to its engine through flexible coupling; hydraulic circuit is automatically energized providing optimum efficiency for prevailing track speed and engine output conditions. (See also Ry Locomotives and Cars v 138 n 9 Sept 1964 p 35-7)
SP gets US-built diesel-hydraulics
Ry Age
Railway Age ; 157 , n 10
1964
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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