Locomotive developed by Ruston and Hornsby, claimed to be smallest of this class built in United Kingdom; designed to operate on any gage from meter up to 5 ft 6 in.; in working order weight is 28 tons and engine develops tractive effort of 18,000 lb at starting; max speed 17 1/2 mph; fitted with Ruston and Hornsby 6 VPHL 6-cyl vertical Diesel engines with rating of 155 bhp at speed of 1250 rpm. (See also Engineering v 169 n 4385 Feb 10 1950 p 167)


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    Title :

    28-ton diesel-electric shunting locomotive


    Additional title:

    Engineer


    Published in:

    Engineer ; 189 , n 4907


    Publication date :

    1950


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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