Class 16000 has top speed of 99 1/2 mph; Class 16500 meets range of mixed traffic requirements by means of variable gear ratio, giving it top speed of 56 mph in freight service and of 93 mph on passenger duties; former is Bo-Bo unit built by Materiel de Traction Electrique, latter is rectifier locomotive built by Altshom.


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    Title :

    "16000" and "16500" class locomotives of S.N.C.F.


    Additional title:

    Ry Gaz


    Published in:

    Railway Gazette ; 110 , n 15


    Publication date :

    1959


    Size :

    4 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English






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