OIL LOCOMOTIVE.
NO WATER REQUIRED. USE IN BARREN DISTRICTS. (Per Press Association —Copyright). (Received This Day, 9.20 a.m.) BERLIN, January 23. A revolutionary design in railway engines, regarded as of international importance, has been completed at Dusseldorf in co-operation. with Krupp’s. It is a Diesel oil-driven 1200 horse-power locomotive requiring no water, and is intended for use in Russia 1 and ,other countries .where vast trhcis’jdo hot facilitate, water supply: : 1 'of British. *Russian-j Japanese, Norwegian and .Canadian railways were present at official tests; when the locomotive pulled a load.of 1350 tons up a, steep grade .with ease. It requires one-fifth less fuel than the ordinary type of engine of equal power,
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLVII, Issue 10827, 24 January 1927, Page 5
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112OIL LOCOMOTIVE. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLVII, Issue 10827, 24 January 1927, Page 5
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