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  Diesel Locomotive FAQ
Diesel locomotives have an availability of 90% or better, compared to 30-40% for the average steamer.
The tractive effort of a locomotive is proportional to the torque of the traction motors.
Locomotives with DC traction motors must have the throttle reduced slightly when going over a grade crossing to reduce the risk of a flashover.
exotic.railfan.net /dieselfaq.htm   (2231 words)

  
 Top 20 Encyclopedia
The first American automobiles with gasoline-powered internal combustion engines were completed in 1877 by George Baldwin Selden of Rochester, New York, who applied for a patent on the automobile in 1879.
Some were commercially successful in providing mass transit, until a backlash against these large speedy vehicles resulted in passing laws that self-propelled vehicles on public roads in the United Kingdom must be preceded by a man on foot waving a red flag and blowing a horn.
List of automotive superlatives, Lists of automobiles for a structured list.
encyc.connectonline.com /index.php/Automobile   (3017 words)

  
 Disneyland - Mickeypedia: The Disney Encyclopedia!
All the Disneyland locomotives burn diesel fuel, which is less polluting (though more expensive) than the coal, wood or heavy "Bunker C" oil normally used on steam locomotives.
Two more locomotives were later acquired from outside sources, since this was cheaper than building new ones and since many narrow-gauge lines were closing down and selling their equipment.
In 2004, Disney purchased the inoperable Maud L locomotive from the Cedar Point Amusement Park in Sandusky, Ohio, and sent it to a Southern California shop to restore it and transform it into a Disneyland Railroad locomotive.
www.mickeypedia.com /articles/Disney/Disneyland.html   (5723 words)

  
 The Railroad Paint Shop: Guestbook - Old Mail
I have been thinking about doing a locomotive drawing on the CAD system and am really glad to see that someone is doing this.
I have used the same scheme on my Winter Valley diesels for over 25 years, and it is well known in various circles, however I don't have access to a good outline drawing that I can use.
Steam locomotives: streamlined steam, like the Reading Crusader, CB&Q's "Aeolus", B&O's "Cincinnatian", NYC types, and the proposed but never developed to completion (in the 1980's) ACE-3000 (some plans were in the model rr magazines of the era).
paintshop.railfan.net /guestbookold.html   (8762 words)

  
 A WORKING LIST OF BOOKS AND BOOKLETS ON THE SP
David Coscia has put together a list of videos on the Southern Pacific and its subsidiaries.
"Diesel Locomotive Rosters: The Railroad Magazine Series of Early - Power Rosters With Information on Locomotives of 484 Roads, 1930s to 1960s", Wayner, Robert J., Wayner Publications, date unknown (probably post 1973).
"Locomotives of the Southern Pacific: For Rail Fans & Model Builders" by Southern Pacific Public Relations Dept., Southern Pacific Company, (un-dated, steam to diesel transition era.
www.sphts.org /Resources/spbooks.html   (16286 words)

  
 UtahRails.net Site Map
UP Diesel Locomotive Roster, Classic Era Index, 1934-1982
UP Diesel Locomotive Roster, Early Merger Era Index, 1983 to 1994
UP Diesel Locomotive Roster, UPY Yard Switch Units, Index
www.utahrails.net /sitemap.php   (538 words)

  
 Plough Book Sales: Railway
005029 Locomotive Valves and Valve Gears by J. Yoder and G.B. Wharen (softcover), ISBN 1857610261, $51.50
010571 Porter Steam Locomotives Light and Heavy (reprint of 13th ed.
009319 Tasrail Locomotives - Astralian Fleetbooks 4 (2000), $5.45
www.ploughbooksales.com.au /10.htm   (4611 words)

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