VR D1/T413 Enginespec

VR D1/T413 Enginespec

Victorian Railways Series I T Class Diesel Electric Locomotive enginespec.

This physic is for the Portland Cement Company Fyansford Geelong T Class Locomotive that was built to 3ft6in gauge from 1956 and classed D1, entered service 17 September 1956, from July 1969 the Locomotive was bought by the Victorian Railways and numbered T 413 and put on the Broad Gauge at Newport Workshops, it's dynamic brake was put to good use on the Cudgewa Line which had allot of 1in30 grades and slow speed 8 chain radius curves, the locomotive was still in Service on main line freight with Vicrail and V/Line till early 2000's and was sold to 707 Ops. This physic may also be suitable for the Western Australia DE Class

Model: G8B
Engine: EMD 8-567C Roots-blower 2-Stroke
R.P.M: 258 Low Idle 275 Idle - 835 Full
Generator: EMD Type D-15
Current: 1500 AMPS '600 Volts'
Traction Motors: (4) EMD Type D-19
Gear Ratio: 63 - 14
Motor Groups: Series-Parallel 1-3x2-4, Parallel 1-2-3-4, & Fields Shunted 74%
Compressor: 3 Cylinder Type WXE, rated 1730 liters/min 275RPM
Main Reservoir: 27 Cu Ft
Axle Load: 17ton
Tractive Effort: 38,080lbs @ 25% @ Adhesion
Tractive Continuous: 28,000lbs @ 9.5mph
Top Speed: 62mph
Main Res: 116 PSI Max
Brake Pipe: 72 PSI Max
Service Brake Equalizer: 50 PSI, 47 PSI Handle Off
Brake Cylinder: 46 PSI 'Service' 54 PSI 'Emergency'
Brake Ratio: 60% Air, 18% Handbrake

Author: Azervich

VR D1/T413 Enginespec
• config.txt 25.41KB
• screenshot.jpg 51.44KB
• tractive efforts.txt 12.75KB