Aerospace Engines A to Z
Aerospace Engines A to Z

Updated: 28-Mar-2020

LFW

(Switzerland)


LFW engine specifications

This is the "Winterthur Swiss Machinery and Locomotive Workshops".

-At the time LFW manufactured the following engines:

-Model “0” giving 150 CV.
-Model “I” giving 180 CV.
-Model “II” giving 200 CV.
-Model “III” giving 220 CV.

From Appendix 6: Our visit to the Zurich Museum gave as a prize the location of the LFW III, of which we will offer three illustrations.

-It is the V8 mentioned in the chapter of the main text.

-Attention, it is also about “Winterthur” (see), name by which they were known as well.

LFW engine plate details
“Engine plate details”

-Depending on the language in which the name was written, it was translated with different letters.

-As we know in Switzerland, French, German and Italian coexist.

-So we see that LFW refers to "Locomotive Fabrique de Winterthur", in German "Schweizerische Lokomotiv & Maschinenfabrik de Winterthur" perhaps only as the "Winterthur".

The LFW V8 in Zurich
“The LFW V8 in Zurich”

-Below another side view of the LFW III. Although LFW made Hispano Suiza engines under license, the influence on the architecture of the LFW-III is negligible since the cylinders are individual, the camshaft is inside the crankcase, etc.

LFW Model III
“LFW III” (Fotos JGB)

-The LFW IV is also known.

Engines of LFW

Model: Model “I”, 180 HP

Arquitecture: 8-cylinder V-Engine
Cooling: Liquid
Total Displacement:
Bore / Stroke:
Power: 180 CV
Weight:

Other details:
Model: Model “II”, 200 HP

Arquitecture: 8-cylinder V-Engine
Cooling: Liquid
Total Displacement:
Bore / Stroke:
Power: 200 CV
Weight:

Other details:
Model: Model “III”, 220 HP

Arquitecture: 8-cylinder V-Engine
Cooling: Liquid
Total Displacement:
Bore / Stroke:
Power: 220 CV
Weight:

Other details:
LFW model  III

"LFW model III"

Model: Model “O”, 150 HP

Arquitecture: 8-cylinder V-Engine
Cooling: Liquid
Total Displacement:
Bore / Stroke:
Power: 150 CV
Weight:

Other details: