C & NW WORKS ON FUEL EFFICIENCY

Chicago and North Western has been testing various prime movers on lower-horsepower locomotives with the aim of achieving greater fuel economy. It has compared a Sulzer 1500-hp four-cycle engine against two types of two-cycle engines in a carefully monitored road test and is installing a Cummins 1800-hp engine on another general-purpose unit. Also tested was a two-engine switching locomotive with small commercial diesels that need not be idled in cold weather.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Murphy-Richter Publishing Company

  20 North Wacker Driver
  Chicago, IL  United States  60606
• Publication Date: 1980-3

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 57
• Serial:
  • Progressive Railroading
  • Volume: 23
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Trade Press Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-0817
  • Serial URL: http://www.progressiverailroading.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Diesel electric locomotives; Diesel engines; Four stroke cycle engines; Fuel conservation; Fuel consumption
• Identifier Terms: Chicago and North Western Transportation Company
• Old TRIS Terms: Four cycle diesel engines; Two cycle diesel engines
• Subject Areas: Energy; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00311009
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 9 1980 12:00AM