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)
British railways new main-line diesel-electric locomotive
Ry Gaz
Railway Gazette ; 94 , n 10
1951
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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