“REVOLOTIONISE TRAVEL”
THE OIL-ELECTRIC DIESEL ASTONISHING LOCOMOTIVES , FUEL COSTS BD, AN HOUR RESULT OF BRITISH TRIALS By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Rec. 11.35 p.m. London, Nov. 22. In order to inspect oil-electric Diesel engined locomotives capable of drawing 900 passengers at 70 miles an hour Mr. Walter Runciman visited the Armstrong Whitworth’s works at Newcastle. He will report on the prospects to Mr. Ramsay MacDonald. It is claimed that the installation of the engines, which are also applicable to manufacturing, will revolutionise travel and save the railway companies £22,000,000 a year. The locomotives, four of Which have been ordered for the Buenos Aires railways, resemble huge aluminium boxes. The driver, behind plate-glass windows, easily controls the 1700 horse-power by pressing the self-starter and pulling a lever. The fuel cost eightpence an hour. The engines can be utilised day and night continuously. One tested for six months ran 25,000 miles and worked 17 hours a day at a total fuel and lubricating cost of £B7.
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 November 1932, Page 7
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