MORE TONNAGE...ON LESS FUEL

A description of a device called a "fuel saver," which optimizes the fuel consumption of MU locomotives, is given. This is achieved by maintaining only the minimal number of locomotives at the optimal throttle position while maintaining the throttle of the other units at position No. 1. Potential improvements in fuel efficiency of 5% to 17% are claimed.

• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  Murphy-Richter Publishing Company

  20 North Wacker Driver
  Chicago, IL  United States  60606
• Publication Date: 1977-3

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 67
• Serial:
  • Progressive Railroading
  • Volume: 20
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Trade Press Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-0817
  • Serial URL: http://www.progressiverailroading.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Control devices; Energy conservation; Fuel conservation; Locomotive operations; Locomotives; Multiple unit locomotives
• Identifier Terms: Kansas City Southern Railway
• Old TRIS Terms: Locomotive controls
• Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00153060
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Canadian National Railways, Headquarters Library
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1977 12:00AM