Diesel Locomotives is a locomotive which moves through the power of a diesel engine. This page contains all the latest information, news, videos, images and articles on all aspects of Diesel ...

Two-unit Santa Fe diesel locomotive No. 1, the “One-Spot Twins,” sports Ripley’s preferred plain wheel bearings at Dearborn Station, Chicago in 1936. Alexander Maxwell photo In 1931-32, Chief ...

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Diesel Locomotives is a locomotive which moves through the power of a diesel engine. This page contains all the latest information, news, videos, images and articles on all aspects of Diesel ...

The Class DD51 diesel-hydraulic locomotive was in service for nearly 60 years since the era of the former Japanese National Railways. The Class DD51 replaced steam locomotives as the workhorse of ...

Abstract: The increasing prominence of the diesel-electric locomotive on American railroads has given new impetus to the use of dynamic braking. Originally intended as a means of controlling both ...

US shortline Newburgh & South Shore Railroad (NSR) has placed a battery-powered locomotive into revenue service. The OmniTrax subsidiary says this is the first deployment of battery technology in the ...

The air-conditioned and sound proofing of the 80 Class square ended diesel cabin design was very different again, as much of the sound was dissipated to the crew driving the locomotive. The GM ...

BRAZIL: Mining company Vale has ordered 50 Wabtec Evolution Series diesel locomotives to modernise operations and lower carbon emissions on its Vitória a Minas and Carajás railways. The order ...

Wabtec will supply new locomotives for the Vitória - Minas (EFVM) and Carajás (EFC) railways in Brazil. BRAZILIAN freight operator Vale has announced an agreement with Wabtec to purchase 50 new ...