Co-Bo Metroviks awaiting disposal : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Co-Bo Metroviks awaiting disposal / 70023venus2009
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-改変禁止 2.1 |
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| 説明 | The British Rail Class 28 (Metropolitan-Vickers Type 2) diesel locomotives, or 'Metrovicks' as they were popularly known, were built as part of the British Railways 1955 Modernisation Plan. The locomotives had a Co-Bo wheel arrangement (a 6-wheel bogie at one end, a 4-wheel bogie at the other) – unique in British Railways practice though not uncommon in other countries, notably Japan. This affected their route availability, due to the different axle loading at each end of the loco, and made maintenance more complicated. Almost from the beginning the Metrovick's Crossley engines were problematic. They suffered frequent failures and by 1961 the entire class was handed back to the manufacturer for remedial work on the engines and to cure problems with cab windows falling out while running. The cab windows were modified such that instead of wrapping round to the side the outer front windows were replaced by a flat piece of glass facing the front only.The engines were also noisy and prone to unacceptable levels of smoky exhaust fumes.Despite the locomotives being otherwise reliable the Crossley engines were still giving problems and British Rail considered replacing the engines, as was done with the Class 31 diesels and, later, with Crossley-engined locomotives in Ireland. Instead the entire class was withdrawn from service during 1967–1969, and all but one were scrapped by the end of 1969. |
| 撮影日 | 2008-01-01 12:07:30 |
| 撮影者 | 70023venus2009 |
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| カメラ | Filmscan 35mm , Film Scanner |
| 露出 | 0.091 sec (1/11) |
| 開放F値 | f/0 |