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Locomotive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Diesel trains or locomotives that use this are called diesel-mechanical and began to appear (although limited in power) even before the first world war which saw a number of simplex diesel systems built for the war, a small number of which survive and are still operational today. Diesel locomotives vary in the form of transmission used to convey the power from a diesel engine (or engines) to the wheels. Although the locomotive hauled a train of 10 tons of iron and 70 passengers in five wagons over nine miles it was too heavy for the cast iron rails used at the time. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Diesel_locomotive   (2916 words)

Diesel-Electric Engine Operation - NE Rails Traditional electric engines work in one of two fashions: either the motors are directly supplied with full voltage or the current is transformed to lower voltage by a transformer in the locomotive, then it may be directly transmitted to the motors or rectified if DC motors are used. Electric locomotives are "clean": they don't pollute the local environment, although the power plants may depending on how they generate the electricity. The earliest electric locomotives had one or two large motors in the middle of the frame, which drove the wheels mechanically, similarly to the transmission of steam engines. www.northeast.railfan.net /pro_faq2.html   (6290 words)

Diesel Locomotive Page The spark ignition engine uses an electrical spark from a "spark plug" to ignite the fuel in the engine's cylinders, whereas the fuel in the diesel engine's cylinders is ignited by the heat caused by air being suddenly compressed in the cylinder. A diesel locomotive has to carry its own fuel around with it and there has to be enough for a reasonable length of trip. In older locomotives fitted with DC generators instead of AC alternators, the generator was used as a starter motor by applying battery power to it. www.railway-technical.com /diesel.html   (6331 words)

Diesel Locomotive FAQ Most diesel locomotives do not use anti-freeze because the chemicals in anti-freeze can be harmful to certain types of metal used in the primer mover. Diesel locomotives have an availability of 90% or better, compared to 30-40% for the average steamer. The electrical current that is produced is converted into heat that absorbs a large amount of the train's energy and causes it to slow down. exotic.railfan.net /dieselfaq.htm   (2231 words)

Diesel-Electric Fundamentals The purpose of the main generator in a Diesel-Electric locomotive is to convert the mechanical horsepower developed in the Diesel engine into electrical power. The generator and traction motors are just an electrical transmission of the power that the Diesel is developing in its cylinders by burning fuel oil. The horsepower output of the Diesel engine and generator is controlled, and held to a fixed amount for each throttle position, by the action of the governor and load regulator. www.sdrm.org /roster/diesel/diesel_fund.html   (480 words)

Steamtown NHS: Special History Study The builders demonstrated their diesel- electric long and hard on 14 railroads As a consequence, on October 20, 1925, the American Locomotive Company sold the first commercially produced diesel-electric locomotive in the United States to the Central Railroad of New Jersey (also known as the "Jersey Central"), which assigned it the number 1000. General Electric then decided to concentrate on building only the electrical components of such locomotives, leaving the construction of the diesel engine and the body of the locomotive--what the industry referred to as the "carbody"--to other firms. Fairbanks, Morse and Company had produced a diesel engine that proved to be so efficient, the War Production Board diverted its entire output for use in navy submarines, thus forcing Fairbanks-Morse entirely out of the diesel- electric locomotive business until 1944, during a critical period in the development of diesel-electric locomotives. www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/steamtown/shs5.htm   (2362 words)

Diesel-electric locomotive engines & how they work Diesels by GM, Fairbanks Morse, American Locomotive Company, Lima, and General Electric were all over the continent. A straight electric locomotive, on the other hand, uses electricity provided by an overhead wire or "3rd rail" next to the tracks, to power electric motors (known as "traction motors") that are geared directly to its wheels. Other diesels are equipped to control additional "mid-train" helper locomotives by means of radio control, allowing one crew to run as many as three separate sets of locomotives at the same time. tn.essortment.com /locomotiveengin_rwoc.htm   (1155 words)

Electro-Diesel Where electricity is supplied by live third rail, it flows to a transformer where it is converted to the required voltage for use in the locomotive. Diesel locomotives use diesel engines to turn the wheels. The first diesel locomotive engines ran 70 years later. www.imaginationstationkids.com /electro.html   (175 words)

II-P4 The transition from steam to diesel locomotives in the United States railroad industry has come to be seen, in light of the diesel’s economic superiority and eradication of its rival, as obviously inevitable. In spite of diesel locomotives’ dominance in the switcher market and spectacular emergence in passenger service, Baldwin’s 1937 study of motive power concluded that “modern steam power must continue to be the mainstay of railroad operations for the indefinite future” (quoted in Marx, 1976: 16). Unlike the railcar, however, electric locomotives came to outperform steam locomotives on dimensions that were at the heart of mainline railroading: power and speed. www.babson.edu /entrep/fer/BABSON2002/II/II_P4/P4/html/ii-p4.htm   (5605 words)

20-class Diesel Electric Locomotive The 20-class is the first Diesel mainline locomotives for KTMB. Another brainchild of the English Electric built at the Vulcan Foundry in Newton-Le-Willows, Lancashire, England, UK, 20 of these were delivered to KTM in 1957 as part of the company's fleet modernisation plan. The 20-class is also one of two locomotive classes to be able to sport all four KTMB color schemes. planet.time.net.my /CommerceSquare/hafizia/20class1.html   (358 words)

22-class Diesel Electric Locomotive The 22-class diesel electric locomotive is perhaps the best-loved locomotive to railway fans and maintenance staff alike. A total of 40 were ordered from English Electric, which in collaboration with Associated Electrical Industries (A.E.I.) and Metropolitan-Cammel of Saltley Works in Birmingham, England, produced these marvellous locomotives. Of the box type and third in line of batch of mainline locomotives to sport the two end driving cabins (after 20, 211 and 212), these first entered service in 1971. planet.time.net.my /CommerceSquare/hafizia/22class1.html   (519 words)

AGEIR Box Cab Diesel Locomotive The City of Baltimore Diesel-electric locomotive, GE Builders #6478, saw little service and was placed in storage until 1926 when GE bought it back and rebuilt the unit as a 50 ton locomotive with a 200 horsepower Winton 106 gasoline engine... Now instead of depending totally on the skills of a motorman or locomotive engineer the electrical excitation and traction motors control was handled in a more predictable manner with the use of one lever. This was the first internal combustion powered locomotive using dual power plants ever sold.The engines were coupled to GE 600 volt generators which in turn were parallel connected to four Model GE-205-D traction motors attached to the trucks. my.execpc.com /~jcampbel/ageir.html   (1382 words)

HP-40 Diesel Electric Express Locomotive The HP-40 is revolutionary among Legoland locomotives, in that the locomotive chassis is designed for diesel and electric operations. This locomotive was the predecessor to the doubly-fast HP-40e (built with the same chassis and shell). Using diesel equipment on the express lines is widely considered to not exploit the full potential of the infrastructure. www.svamcentral.org /lego/flw/hp-40.htm   (192 words)

Howstuffworks "How Diesel Locomotives Work" This combination of diesel engine and electric generators and motors makes the locomotive a hybrid vehicle. The diesel engine makes 3,200 horsepower, and the generator can turn this into almost 4,700 amps of electrical current. It combines some great mechanical technology, including a huge, 12-cylinder, two-stroke diesel engine, with some heavy duty electric motors and generators, throwing in a little bit of computer technology for good measure. www.howstuffworks.com /diesel-locomotive.htm   (228 words)

pro.doc As adopted, these regulations make nonvehicular diesel fuel used in harborcraft in the South Coast Air Quality Management District subject to the requirements of this section 2282 starting January 1, 2006, and make all California nonvehicular diesel fuel used in harborcraft and most diesel-electric intrastate locomotives subject to this section 2282 starting January 1, 2007. As adopted, these regulations make nonvehicular diesel fuel used in harborcraft in the South Coast Air Quality Management District subject to the requirements of this section 2284 starting January 1, 2006, and make all California nonvehicular diesel fuel used in harborcraft and most diesel-electric intrastate locomotives subject to this section 2284 starting January 1, 2007. As adopted, these regulations make nonvehicular diesel fuel used in harborcraft in the South Coast Air Quality Management District subject to the requirements of this section 2281 starting January 1, 2006, and make all California nonvehicular diesel fuel used in harborcraft and most diesel-electric intrastate locomotives subject to this section 2281 starting January 1, 2007. www.arb.ca.gov /regact/carblohc/pro.doc   (1886 words)

Victorian Railfan Website Weathered "Low Nose" T Class Diesel Electric Locomotive for MSTS. AN GM Class Diesel Electric with Dynamic Brakes for MSTS. V/Line S class Diesel Electric with Leslie Supertyphon horns for MSTS. www.railpage.org.au /vr/msts.php?view=all   (856 words)

Ivatt 800hp Diesel Electric Locomotive Here the locomotive is seen on the Eastern Region, but still retaining the middle two lamp irons that were fitted upon its allocation to Norwood in 1952. The order was placed by the LMSR with the North British Locomotive Co of Glasgow, in 1946, to produce a loco to their design. The livery applied was the then British Railways standard for its diesel fleet of black with silver bogies. www.semg.org.uk /diesel/10800_01.html   (768 words)

Diesel-electric Locomotive D25 at Canberra Railway Museum Diesel-electric locomotive D25 is a Bo-Bo (two twin-axle bogies) 400hp locomotive, built by The English Electric Co. at its Rocklea, Queensland plant in 1958. The locomotive was one of seven 60-ton shunters built in 1957-58 for operations at the Australian Iron and Steel (AIS) steelworks at Port Kembla. It was bought by the Society in 1990, ending a long search for a suitable engine for yard work. www.arhsact.org.au /rollingstock/d25.php   (171 words)

Bulleid 1CoCo1 Diesel Electric Locomotive The bolsterless bogie design was similar to that used on the Bulleid/Raworth electric locomotives, CC1 and 2, introduced in 1941, with similar bearing pads, wheels and the mounting of the bogies and brakes. After the locos were allocated to the LMR, Derby Works outshopped all three in BR standard locomotive green and replaced the waist height silver band with orange and black lining. The enginemen were looked after with two seats, an electric cooker, handwash basin and a lavatory. www.semg.org.uk /diesel/bull_1coco1_01.html   (1278 words)

ALCO PA-1 Diesel-Electric Locomotive An diesel-electric ALCO PA-1 locomotive with the beautiful livery of the Delaware and Hudson railroad... However, similar diesel-electric streamlined locomotives were relatively rare in Brazil. Perhaps this is due to the fact that most of the railroad dieselization effort in Brazil occurred somewhat late, after 1945 and mainly during the fifties, when such design of locomotive was outdated. www.pell.portland.or.us /~efbrazil/pa1.html   (106 words)

Electro-Motive FT Freight-service Diesel-Electric Locomotive This lead unit of the four-unit EMD-103 demonstrator locomotive became the prototype of the first mass-produced diesel-electric locomotives used for freight service in the United States. prototype of the first mass-produced diesel-electric locomotives used for US freight service After its eleven-month testing phase running hauls in thirty-five states between November 1939 and October 1940, the locomotive was reconditioned, painted Southern Railway's black and white livery, and worked two decades on the CNOandTP line. www.asme.org /history/roster/H078.html   (156 words)

[IRFCA] Indian Railways FAQ: Diesel and Electric Locomotive Specifications Data shown here is mainly drawn from "Diesel and Electric Locomotives of Indian Railways" by Jal E Daboo, published by the British Overseas Railways Historical Trust (BORHT), with updates and additions from the IRFCA mailing list. See the diesel loco page for the new codes and the general loco page for an explanation of the new scheme. Corrections to Mr Daboo's data, information on recent IR locomotive models, suggestions and help in collating and formatting the data, and other assistance were provided by members of the IRFCA mailing list, including John Lacey, I S Anand, Roderick Smith, Prakash Tendulkar, and Mark Bristow. www.irfca.org /faq-specs.html   (503 words)

E.F.S.J. - ALCO/MLW RSD-12 Diesel-Electric Locomotive This locomotive ALCO RSD-12, built by the Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW), a Canadian licensee of ALCO, was originally delivered to E.F. Central do Brasil in 1962. At that time this kind of locomotive was used as a switching locomotive at that location, assembling and disassembling freight trains, respectively after and before the crossing of the rack section of Serra do Mar. They were latter retrofitted at the General Electric works in Brazil, receiving new ALCO 251 motors built by Bombardier and then transfered to the E.F. Santos a Jundiaí. www.pell.portland.or.us /~efbrazil/rsd12_efsj.html   (193 words)

Metra 614 GM EMD F40C diesel-electric locomotive Metra 608 GM EMD F40C diesel-electric locomotive "Village of Roselle" and Metra 614 GM EMD F40C diesel-electric locomotive "Edward F. Brabec" on Saturday afternoon at Chicago Union Station. The other nine new locomotives will be used to provide new service and to increase the spare ratio needed to protect service at all times. "New locomotives on the horizin One other year 2000 budget item that we can share with you now is Metra's first order for new locomotives in a decade. chicago.railfan.net /cgi/photos.pl?page=METX_614   (676 words)

History of British Diesel and Electric Locomotive Liveries Welcome to this website which hopefully will record most of the liveries carried by diesel and electric locomotives of British Rail and subsequent private companies running on History of British Diesel and Electric Locomotive Liveries In time this site will show all the official liveries and main unofficial ones although these latter ones will need a lot of assistance from enthusiasts records and photographs. www.btinternet.com /~locoliveries   (187 words)

Amazon.com: The American Diesel Locomotive: Books IN THE UNITED STATES the development of the diesel-electric locomotive was integrally linked with the development and application of steam railroad electrification. Dawn of the diesel age: The history of the diesel locomotive in America (Special) by John F Kirkland on page 44, and Back Matter The final chapter describes the operation and maintenance of modern diesel locomotives, and an appendix lists where rail fans can see restored examples of early diesels today. www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0760306664?v=glance   (611 words)

C&NW -- Locomotives: EMD SD38-2 (EMD SD38-2 diesel-electric locomotive) pushing a string of cars south in the Proviso North Yard. CNW 6657 pushes a string of cars onto the hump, while UP 2814 (formerly CandNW 2658, one number higher) passes running light. www.angelfire.com /il/CNW/sd382.html   (292 words)

Energy Citations Database (ECD) - Energy and Energy-Related Bibliographic Citations A system is disclosed for using internally generated electricity as the power to operate an electrolysis cell for the production of hydrogen gas.^This hydrogen gas would be stored under pressure and used on demand as a fuel supplement as for hill ascension by a diesel locomotive. Energy Citations Database (ECD) Document #5939507 - Hydrogen supplemented diesel electric locomotive 080600 -- Hydrogen-- Industrial & Commercial Use-- (-1989) ;080101 -- Hydrogen-- Production-- Electrolysis ;330102 -- Internal Combustion Engines-- Diesel; ;DIESEL ENGINES-- HYDROGEN FUELS;DIESEL ENGINES-- OPERATION;HYDROGEN PRODUCTION-- ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTRIC POWER;ELECTROLYTIC CELLS;OXYGEN;TRAINS;WATER www.osti.gov /energycitations/product.biblio.jsp?osti_id=5939507   (132 words)

LOCOMOTIVES Photo set of JL404 Diesel Electric Locomotives (Former 442 Class NSW Locomotive) by Graham Baker at Leightonfield in NSW in 2002. Photo set of FL220 Diesel Electric Locomotives (Former 422 Class NSW Locomotive) by Graham Baker at Leightonfield in NSW in 2002. Photo set of the NSWGR Deisel Electric Locomotive 4201 as restored at The NSW Rail Transport Museum, Thirmere, NSW by Keiran Ryan in May 2000. www.ardp.net /loco.html   (1145 words)

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