Latest series of type built for British Railways by Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Co Ltd, resembles earlier 1160 hp design externally, but intercooled Sulzer engine is rated at 1250 hp and electrical equipment has been supplied by General Electric Co; locomotives are geared from maximum speed of 90 mph and transmission has been designed to absorb full engine power up to 80 mph; starting tractive effort is 40,000 lb; weight with 2/3 fuel supplies is 73.5 tons.


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    Title :

    Type 2 diesel electric locomotives for British Railways


    Additional title:

    Engineer


    Published in:

    Engineer ; 212 , n 5518


    Publication date :

    1961


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English