New 12-cyl twin bank horizontal engine with top output of 460 bhp at 1500 rpm, installed in each car; cylinders 135 mm 190 mm pressure charged on Buechi exhaust gas turbo system with two turboblower groups; preselective epicyclic gear on Wilson principle, driven by engine through Vulcan-Sinclair fluid coupling, has five speeds. (see also unsigned English description in Int Ry Congress Assn -- Bul v 28 n 1 Jan 1951 p 171-3; Diesel Ry Traction v 5 n 229 June 1951 p 124-6)


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    Title :

    Standard Breda Diesel car Aln. 880, for Italian railroad


    Additional title:

    Le nuove automotrici ferroviarie Breda tipo ALn 880


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1951


    Size :

    10 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    Italian




    Standard Breda diesel car Aln. 880, for Italian Railroad

    Orefice, F.W. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1951


    Standard Breda Diesel car Aln. 880, for Italian railroad

    Orefice, F.W. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1951



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