SERIES-PRODUCTION SNCF DIESEL-ELECTRICS OF HIGH POWER INCLUDING TRIALS AT 4,200 HP

Alsthom design powered by 16-cylinder AGO engine and mounted on three-axle monomotor bogie common with comparable SNCF electric locomotives which develops very good tractive effort characteristics, largely contributed by Alsthom Hyperadherence transmission. This standard series of 3,650 hp has enabled appreciable acceleration on Paris-Nantes services to be obtained with averages of 129 km/h and service experience reveals a casualty rate comparable to straight electrics. For evaluation and future higher powers, trials in service with one locomotive fitted with a PA6 engine of 4,200 hp were successfully completed and this unit is now allocated to normal service duties.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Broadfields (Technical Publishers) Limited

  Little Leighs
  Chelmsford, Essex CMB 1PM,   England 
• Authors:
  • Garde, R
• Publication Date: 1974-4

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 101-105
• Serial:
  • Rail Engineering International
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: De Rooi Publications
  • ISSN: 0141-4615

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Diesel electric locomotives; Diesel engines; Locomotives; Trucks
• Identifier Terms: Societe nationale des chemins de fer francais
• Old TRIS Terms: Monomotor trucks
• Subject Areas: Motor Carriers; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00054621
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Rail Engineering International
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 24 1974 12:00AM