Recent improvements prompted by experience with initial diesel locomotives and diesel engine performance; types of diesel units providing heating for trains by electricity in place of steam; aspects of braking modern locomotives and wagons, and application of disk brakes and nonferrous brake blocks; automatic couplers; light weight coaching vehicles; effect of change in motive power on workshops.


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    Title :

    Impact of mechanical engineering on British railways modernization plan


    Additional title:

    Instn Civ Engrs -- Proc


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    1961


    Size :

    16 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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