Steeple cab passenger locomotives built by General Electric Co, may be operated in multiple; length over couplers 42 ft 10 in.; total wheelbase 29 ft; width over cab 10 ft; wheel diam 40 in.; total weight of locomotive in running order 171,900 lb; max permissible speed 60 mph; running gear consists of two 2-axle swivel trucks; each axle is driven by type GE-754, 1500-v, d-c railway type motor, which is of conventional 4-pole, series wound, axle hung construction.


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    Title :

    Electric motive power for Canadian national


    Additional title:

    Ry Age


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Railway Age ; 129 , n 25 ; p 46-49


    Publication date :

    1950


    Size :

    4 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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