Locomotive, type 1 Co-Co 1, for express passenger main line services on Southern Region, built at Ashford Works; English Electric Diesel engine, 16 SVT, is 16-cyl V-type 4-cycle turbocharged unit, rated at 1600 bhp continuously; engine is pressure charged by four exhaust gas turboblowers; main traction generator is single bearing d-c, 8-pole machine direct coupled to engine crankshaft. (see also Diesel Ry Traction v 5 n 226 Mar 1951 p 49-52)


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    Title :

    British railways new main-line diesel-electric locomotive


    Additional title:

    Ry Gaz


    Published in:

    Railway Gazette ; 94 , n 10


    Publication date :

    1951


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English