Locomotives used are provided with two 8-cylinder Sulzer-Diesel engines, each totaling 1200 b.hp.; engines are coupled to d.c. dynamos, which supply current to driving motors distributed among all vehicles constituting train, locomotive itself being equipped with two 136-b.hp. motors which are mounted in approved tram type suspension and drive two outer axles of four forming rigid wheelbase. (See also Far East. Rev vol. 26, May 1930 pp. 238-240 and 245, 9 figs; Tramway and Ry. World, vol. 68, no. 8, Aug. 14, 1930, pp. 70-71, 3 figs)


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    Title :

    Diesel traction on the Buenos Aires great southern railway


    Additional title:

    Sulzer Tech. Rev.,


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1930


    Size :

    4 pages


    Remarks:

    14 Figs.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English






    Diesel electric units of Buenos Aires great southern railway

    Saccaggio, P.C. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1933


    Diesel electric units of Buenos Aires great southern railway

    Saccaggio, P.C. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1933