L1 class locomotives. Protection of enginemen from draught (E-025)

Last updated on 13 December 2013 2:36
Runs made on L.1 class locomotives when travelling bunker first show that bad draughts on the footplate, which the driver cannot easily avoid, are due to a combination of train speed and natural wind, and that simple serodynamic devices are not likely to effect a cure. Wind tunnel tests are,...
Author(s): Peacock DW
Organisation(s): British Rail Research ;
1952
United Kingdom
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