Vehicle delivered by Harland and Wolff, Belfast, to Belfast and County Down Railway; locomotive is of 6-wheel rigid-frame type, with traction motors on two axles, total weight being 29 tons; tractive effort at starting 9450 lb; 8-cyl 2-stroke high-speed Diesel engine developing continuous power of 270 bhp at 850 rpm. (See also Diesel Ry Traction (Supp to Ry Gaz) May 19 1933 p 15-6;Locomotive v 39 n 490 June 15 1933 p 168-9; Engineering v 136 n 3524 July 28 1933 p 86-7; and Gas and Oil Power v 28 n 333 June 1933 p 158-9.)


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    Title :

    Diesel-electric locomotive for service in Northern Ireland


    Additional title:

    Engineer


    Published in:

    Engineer ; 155 , n 4037


    Publication date :

    1933


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English








    Diesel-electric locomotive for light service

    Gillilan, P.M. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1940