General Motors - Diesel Hydraulic GMDH-1

Erm, Klaus, the Semmering is in Austria. Kind of difficult for the loco to be tested there and later in Austria...

Wolf Kirchmeir skriver:

They changed the motors to the 1450 HP type 1 year after the first test at Semmering - then they went back and to Hungary.

Klaus

GP 1:

I didn't mean to imply it *was* a continental design, I mean it

*looked* like one.

The strongest 1950s-automotive element is the pair of jet-age airscoops on the upper nose ends. Ignore those, and look at the centrally located turret cab with canted sides and flattish, slightly overhanging roof, and the low hoods with rounded tops. See what I mean now?

Cordially yours: Gerard P. President, the Venango & Erie.

Ahhh, an everyday pure New Zealand design feature - I didn't notice it. :-))))

The canted upper cab sides happens in almost every nation (with tunnels) other than the USSR and USA, due to much smaller loading gauges employed.

Regards, Greg.P.

The Semmering is between Austria and Italy. It goes up and then down over mountains. The Austria/Hungary area is flatter.

Erm, the Semmering is between Lower Austria and Styria. You're thinking of the Brenner Pass.

PS: Klaus, thanks for the info re remotoring.

Good point! (Ahrrggg!)

Wolf Kirchmeir skriver:

You're most welcome.

The V300 was oficcialy taken over by the DB in 1965 and put into service at Hamm along with the V320. It was withdrawn from service in 1975, then they tried to sell it to Italy, but after some test runs around Udine it came back to Germany i 1978 and was scrapped in 1979.

The V320 is a Henschel build 23m long dieselhydraulic 6 axle loco, with

2x1900HP engines, from 1962. It had 2 "gears" with a maxumim speed of either 160 og 110 km/h, at low speed with more traction effort. It belonged to the DB until 1974 and was then sold to private operators where it is still running. It has been in the ownership of different opreators, including some in Italy.

Klaus