Diesel-electric locomotive technology has advanced significantly since World War II. Experience leads me to list these eight technological breakthroughs as the most important in the postwar period.

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 ...

Understanding brake horsepower: Diesel engines, like all engines, are built to perform a specific function. In a locomotive, ...

Woman 2: Rocket inspired all future steam locomotives… and in just over 100 years, Mallard, the fastest steam engine in the world… reached 126 miles per hour in 1938. Woman 3: With diesel ...

Amid the considerable amount of discussion which has been aroused by the recent report upon the American locomotives on the Midland Railroad, the best statement has come from the pen of Mr.

Diesel fuel is also susceptible to cold weather. So much so that it may experience gelling — the build-up of wax particles in cold weather that essentially allows the fuel to freeze — when ...

MESSRS. EDITORS—"What is the horse power of a locomotive under the following circumstances, namely, eylindersfifteen inches in diameter ; stroke, twenty inches ; driving wheels, five feet ...

The Underground Railroad, a vast network of people who helped fugitive slaves escape to the North and to Canada, was not run by any single organization or person. Rather, it consisted of many ...

We'll release the schedule of where we are planning to visit next year on our Antiques Roadshow website during 2025. The Antiques Roadshow records programmes across the UK, throughout the year ...

Look no further than Kamala Harris’s state of California where auto dealers are restricting sales of diesel-powered trucks to meet the state’s EV rules. This news came in a public comment ...

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