BO-BO 176 KM/H 25 KV ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE DESIGN FOR BR WEST COAST MAIN LINE TO SCOTLAND

Class 87 80-ton Bo Bo under delivery by BREL equipped by GEC Traction Limited to provide 3,750 kW continuous output. Adoption by BR of frame-suspended traction motors and Flexicoil secondary suspension.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/9675046
• Corporate Authors:

  Broadfields (Technical Publishers) Limited

  Little Leighs
  Chelmsford, Essex CMB 1PM,   England 
• Publication Date: 1973-9

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 8 p.
• Serial:
  • Rail Engineering International
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: De Rooi Publications
  • ISSN: 0141-4615

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Electric locomotives; Locomotives; Motors; Traction; Traction drives
• Identifier Terms: British Rail
• Old TRIS Terms: Secondary suspension
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00048224
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 4 1974 12:00AM