Class "L" locomotives built for Victorian Railways weigh 96 tons, are 59 ft long over coupler centers, with wheelbase of 46 ft 4 in.; 1-hr rating is 2400 hp, maximum tractive effort 47,000 lb and passenger service speeds up to 75 mph; power circuits are supplied direct from 1500-v contact wire by either of two pantographs mounted on roof behind driver's compartments; from each of four main supply points, 22 kv 3-phase transmission lines supply traction substations. (see also Ry Locomotives and Cars v 127 n 7 July 1953 p 77)


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    Title :

    Locomotives for Gippsland electrification


    Additional title:

    Ry Gaz


    Published in:

    Railway Gazette ; 98 , n 12


    Publication date :

    1953


    Size :

    326 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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