APPLICATION AND TESTING OF GAS TURBINES IN TRACTION VEHICLES ON GERMAN FEDERAL RAILWAYS

ANWENDUNG UND BEWAEHRUNG VON GASTURBINEN IN TRIEBFAHRZEUGEN DER DEUTSCHEN BUNDESBAHN

The gas turbine was tested as booster unit in their locomotive 210001 and subsequently equipped 8 Series 210 locomotives with gas turbine booster drives. Later on, 4 high-speed fast railcars units of Series 602 were provided with gas turbines as main propulsion units. The article reports on the design features of this propulsion unit and on the operating experience.

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  Siemens (Georg) Verlagsbuchhandlung

  Luetzowstrasse 105-196
  1 Berlin 30,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • Fwulner, A
• Publication Date: 1974-7

Language

• German

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 199-209
• Serial:
  • Glasers Annalen ZEV
  • Publisher: Siemens (Georg) Verlagsbuchhandlung
  • ISSN: 0373-322X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Diesel locomotives; Fuel consumption; Gas turbines; Horsepower
• Identifier Terms: Deutsche Bahn; Deutsche Bundesbahn
• Old TRIS Terms: Motive power; Propelled trains
• Subject Areas: Energy; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00080351
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 11 1975 12:00AM