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Posted: Oct 03 2015 (00:20)
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Last Response: Oct 04 2015 (23:24)
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Last Response: Oct 04 2015 (23:24)
Don't know if this has been posted before. Here is an interesting short documentary about DLW with some behind the scenes action detailing the manufacturing of the diesel engines, bogies, loco shell giving a good picture of the high standards of manufacturing followed in DLW.
4 Public Posts - Sat Oct 03, 2015
In fact, what is really impressive about the EMD class is that the wheel slipping can actually be controlled using radar that senses the linear speed of the loco which is taken as the reference for comparison. In other locos, during slip, corrective action is taken (like reducing current supplied to the motors) for re-adhesion.
Hence, the uncontrolled spin of the wheels is prevented in EMD's. Sanding is automatically invoked whenever an axle slips.
GM's technology after all _/\_
Hence, the uncontrolled spin of the wheels is prevented in EMD's. Sanding is automatically invoked whenever an axle slips.
GM's technology after all _/\_