Number of switching locomotives in use; major improvement in design is limited maximum cut-off; locomotive booster applied to forward truck of tender; chart showing advantages of limited cutoff in switching; booster provides reserve power. Abstract of paper read before Central Ry. Club. (See also Central Ry. Club of Buffalo -- Official Proc vol. 37, no. 3, June 1929 pp. 2911-2925, 15 figs (discussion) p 2925-2938, 15 figs)


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    Title :

    Locomotive design for switching and yard service


    Additional title:

    Ry. Age


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Railway Age ; 86 , n 21


    Publication date :

    1929


    Size :

    4 pages


    Remarks:

    5 Figs.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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