From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Request for a quotation for two petrol engine driven alternator sets for the L.M. & S. Railway special saloons.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 124\1\ scan0252 | |
| Date | 15th August 1939 | |
| 9303 / 15-8-39 L. M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} & S. RAILWAY - TWO PETROL ENGINE DRIVEN ALTERNATOR SETS FOR SPECIAL SALOONS. E.2552/DMS/AWS. --------- Kindly let us have your quotation, to be in our hands by Friday, the 18th current, for two Petrol Engines and accessories each having an output of 49 HP. @ 1000 rpm. Our Alternator will be Frome Size D.7/CD.5 with two ball and/or roller type bearings and overhung exciter, dimensions being as shown on attached lithograph E.57. Your offer should include for a combined bedplate, and complete flexible coupling, and you should allow for receiving our machines at your works, coupling up and giving re-delivery. With your tender kindly furnish us with an outline dimensioned drawing, and state the weights of the engine and the weight of the combined set on the bedplate. Drawings and any other literature should be attached to the BRADFORD copy of your tender - not to the Stafford copy. We give below an extract from the L.M.S. specification ENGLISH ELECTRIC PHOENIX WORKS BRADFORD E2552 / DMS / AWS. | ||