Re: Sulzer How did they pull in actual service, with the sulzer maybach drive?
Author: Damon Hill
Date: 07-21-2019 - 19:53
My understanding of the mechanical drive is that each truck's axles were all geared together which helped with individual axle slip. And maybe that the two engines were each dedicated to a single truck. I don't know if there were any other measures to control wheel-slip specific to this design. The rest is (somewhat unfortunate) history as fine-tuned German engineering design ran head-on into American railroad practices.
It's taken decades but apparently, North American railroading industry is finally warming up to inverter-driven AC traction in the recent decade or so. DC traction days may be numbered; we'll see if we live long enough.
Ingalls Shipyards in Mississippi made a one-off freight loco (Ingalls 4-S) that looked similar, which I spotted a few times in GM&O colors in Union City, TN. Also unusual in that the rear end was kind of a crew lounge. Anyone got any photos or further info?
Sulzer
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Jack S |
07-21-2019 - 11:12 |
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OPRRMS |
07-21-2019 - 12:28 |
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BOB2 |
07-21-2019 - 14:06 |
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WAF |
07-21-2019 - 14:41 |
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OPRRMS |
07-21-2019 - 15:12 |
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OPRRMS |
07-21-2019 - 17:05 |
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Curtis R. Milburn |
07-21-2019 - 15:38 |
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Dr Zarkoff |
07-21-2019 - 17:50 |
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Bill B |
07-21-2019 - 18:58 |
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Jack S. |
07-22-2019 - 06:12 |
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Damon Hill |
07-21-2019 - 19:53 |
Re: Sulzer How did they pull in actual service, with the sulzer maybach drive?
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OPRRMS |
07-21-2019 - 20:48 |
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OPRRMS |
07-21-2019 - 20:56 |
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Jack S. |
07-22-2019 - 06:10 |
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George Andrews |
07-22-2019 - 17:30 |
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J Mann |
07-23-2019 - 09:01 |
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Dick O'Kane |
07-23-2019 - 11:29 |
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George Andrews |
07-23-2019 - 18:32 |
Re: Sulzer How did they pull in actual service, with the sulzer maybach drive?
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OPRRMS |
07-23-2019 - 20:18 |