Ernst Wiener Co., New York
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Ernst Wiener Co., New York was an American locomotive manufacturer.
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Ernst Wiener Co., New York built for instance a gasoline locomotive designed to haul ten loaded cars (tonnage 25), at a speed of eight to twelve miles an hour (13 to 20 km/h). It had a four cylinder, water cooled, four-cycle, gasoline engine, with cylinders cast in pairs and standing vertically. Ignition was provided by the storage battery and magnetic type, arranged for two sets of spark plugs. A radiator of the automobile type was at the front of the locomotive.[1][2]
References[edit]
- ^ Cyclopedia of applied electricity : a general reference work on direct-current generators and motors, storage batteries, electrochemistry, welding, electric wiring, meters, electric lighting, electric railways, power stations, switchboards, power transmission, alternating-current machinery, telegraphy, etc.
- ^ Sid Barnes: Gasoline locomotives for industrial railways.