New 8 1/2-ton Diesel electric rail traveling cranes, for track laying work for London Midland Region of British Railways, can be used to take up and relay up to mile of track in a day; equipped with McLaren Ricardo 3-cyl Diesel engine, developing 82 1/2 bhp at 1100 rpm, coupled to Lancashire dynamo and Crypto 280 v, 54-kw, compound wound generator. (see also Ry Gaz v 95 n 2 July 13 1951 p 44-5)


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    Title :

    Track-laying cranes


    Additional title:

    Engineer


    Published in:

    Engineer ; 192 , n 4982


    Publication date :

    1951


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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