DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE Russian patent published in 2000 - IPC

FIELD: railway transport; shunting and main- line freight diesel locomotives. SUBSTANCE: proposed invention relates to diesel locomotives designed for use in overhauls and to construction of device intended for transmission of torque from diesel engine to wheels and creating traction force. Diesel locomotive had frame furnished with automatic couples which carriers diesel engine with current generator, driver's cab, diesel engine cooling system, pneumatic system, electrical equipment, diesel locomotive control system, body, three-axle bogies with frames, brake systems, spring suspension, wheelsets, and traction motors with traction reduction gears. Frames of three-axle bogies are furnished with brackets for mounting four traction electric motors installed to provide suspension of electric motors before second, third, fourth and fifth axles or to provide suspension of two motors before second and third axles, and two motors behind fourth and fifth axle to supply torque to second, third, fourth and fifth axles, respectively, first and sixth axles being supporting and not-driving ones. EFFECT: enhanced performance characteristics, reduced cost of operation. 2 dwg