SOVIET PROTOTYPES RAISE ELECTRIC AND DIESEL POWER RATINGS

An increase in the weight and speed of freight trains, which must also run at closer intervals, is now a strongly marked trend on the Soviet Railways. Intervals between trains on busy main lines are now around 7 or 8 min. The need to carry still more traffic, often under severe climatic conditions, all points to more powerful motive power and rolling stock of higher capacity, coupled with automation and signalling improvements. But all this must go hand-in-hand with still higher standards of reliability, and thus locomotive developments in the USSR are subject to intensive prototype testing before series production begins.

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  IPC Transport Press, Limited

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• Authors:
  • Fufrianski, N A
• Publication Date: 1974-6

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 216-220
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Volume: 130
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Diesel electric locomotives; Diesel engines; Electric locomotives; Locomotives; Railroads
• Geographic Terms: Former Soviet Union
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00057522
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Railway Gazette International
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 28 1974 12:00AM