GIANT LOCO. LIKELY TO REVOLUTIONISE RAILWAY TRACTION.
COMES THROUGH TESTS SUCCESSFULLY. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright, us. and X.Z. Cable Association. (Received January 24, 10.30 a.m.) BERLIN, January 23. A revolutionarv design in rail wav engines, regarded as of international importance, has been completed at Dusseldorf m co-operation with Krupps It is a Diesel oil-driven twelve-hun-dred horse-power locomotive, requiring no water and is intended for use in Russia and other countries where vast tracts do not facilitate a water supplv Representatives of British, Russian Japanese, Norwegian and Canadian railways were present at the official testa, when a locomotive pulled a load of 1350 tons up a steep grade with ease. It requires one-fifth less fuel than an ordinary type of engine of equal power.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18062, 24 January 1927, Page 6
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