18 heavy freight locomotives being converted experimentally by Great Western Railway to burn heavy fuel oil instead of coal; 10 will be 2-8-0 tender engines of "2800" class; 8 will be 2-8-0 tank engines of "4200" class; oil burning equipment consists essentially of weir type burner, oil regulating cock and heater, and steam manifold carrying necessary control valves; oil fuel is contained in tank having total capacity of 1800 gal; designed to fit into coal space of 3500 gal. (See also Engineering v 160 n 4167 Nov 23 1945 p 431; Locomotive (Lond) v 51 n 640 Dec 15 1945 p 178-9; Ry Gaz v 84 n 3 Jan 18 1946 p 64-9)


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    Titel :

    Oil-fired locomotives: Great Western Railway


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Engineer


    Erschienen in:

    Engineer ; 180 , n 4688


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1945


    Format / Umfang :

    2 pages


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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