JET PROPELLED LOCOMOTIVE
Received Sunday, 7 p.m. LONDON, Oct. 19. The Great Western Railwriy Coy. has ordered a jet locomotive de /eloping 2500 li'or'sepower and capable of 90 tiiile's' an hbur, days the Evening News. Tlie locomotive will embody many jet princ'iples. It will suck in air, compress it and then pass it into the combustion chamber where it will be ignited with heavy fuel. The resultant, gases will explode with great force and operate thfe rotary blades of a turbine which will drive an electric generator supplying ciUTent and traction to the motors. It will probably be some time before the new locomotive is built and operating.
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Chronicle (Levin), 21 October 1946, Page 5
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108JET PROPELLED LOCOMOTIVE Chronicle (Levin), 21 October 1946, Page 5
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