Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 24 Feb 1995.
<+> Ae 8/14 (Train ASCII Art)
alt.ascii-art
· 1 message · 24 Feb 1995
Here are three impressive Swiss loco-monsters: the Ae 8/14 which
were built for heavy trains over the Gotthard line. For better
curve behaviour they had a special axle arrangement: the three
central axles could move sidewards in the frame and the first
and last two axles of each half were combined to special `Java
trucks'. The locos were technically and optically different from
each other: the 11801 had a Buchli drive, the 11851 and 11852
had a Winterthur universal drive. The 11852 was the most
powerful locomotive of the world, it was also lighter than the
other two and had a more streamlined carbody.
________________________________________________________________
/"\
____________----____________..___\_/______----____=="==___
_|D|D|[|] [|]|### [|] [|]|[|]||[_]| [_] | ### | [_] |D|D|_
| | | |###_[|]|____[|]____|###||###| ### | | ### | | | |
=[H|-|_|___________________|---||-----[]--[]-----[]--[]-------]=
//(_) \__/\__/(_)\__/\__/ (_) (_) \__/\__/(_)\__/\__/ (_)\\
----------------------------------------------------------------
<+> SBB CFF FFS Ae 8/14 No. 11801 (Brown Boveri Cie. 1932)
(1'A)'A1A(A1')'+(1'A)'A1A(A1')', 34 m, 246 t, 6470 kW, 100 km/h
in service until 1972, still working as museum locomotive
________________________________________________________________
/"\
________--__----_____=="==__..___\_/______----__--________
_|D|D|[_] [_] [_] [_] _ || [_] [_] [_] [_]|D|D|_
| | | |" ## "###" ## " [_]|| " ## "###" ## "| | | |
=[H|---========================||========================-----]=
//(_) \__/\__/(_)\__/\__/ (_) (_) \__/\__/(_)\__/\__/ (_)\\
----------------------------------------------------------------
<+> SBB CFF FFS Ae 8/14 No. 11851 (Oerlikon 1932)
(1'A)'A1A(A1')'+(1'A)'A1A(A1')', 34 m, 246 t, 6470 kW, 100 km/h
in service until 1972, fate unknown (scrapped?)
________________________________________________________________
/"\
,------------------_=="==_-..-__\_/__------------------.
/|D|#[_]##[_] [_]##[_] || [_]##[_] [_]##[_]# D \
/ |_| || \
=(____----===============------||------===============----____)=
//(_) \__/\__/(_)\__/\__/ (_) (_) \__/\__/(_)\__/\__/ (_)\\
----------------------------------------------------------------
<+> SBB CFF FFS Ae 8/14 No. 11852 (Oerlikon 1939)
(1'A)'A1A(A1')'+(1'A)'A1A(A1')', 34 m, 236 t, 8824 kW, 110 km/h
in service until 1972, now on display at Verkehrshaus Luzern
.-----. .-----.
\ / \X/
Y |
___|___ .---------.
.-/___=___\-. +-----------------+ /___________\
||_|_______|| | KARLSRUHE HBF | || | ||
|| || |-----------------| ||_____|_____||
|| || | where trams | | [O] |
||_________|| | and ICEs meet | | |
|| || |on the same track| | [OO]===[OO] |
||:OO___OO:|| _______|_________________|________ |`==========='|
||()[<X>]__|| |tobias b koehler s_t...@ira.uka.de| \ /
=|===\=|= | | `-.-----.-'
_==^=====^==__| |__==^=====^==__
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