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Advances in locomotive design, particularly the advent of diesel-electric power, eventually rendered No. 999 obsolete. [ 1 ] [ 5 ] After touring the nation and making appearances at numerous expositions, including the 1948-49 Chicago Railroad Fair , the unit was retired from service in May 1952, following its demotion to yard switching service ...
The worldwide network, known collectively as "Iron Horse", could locate HF communications almost anywhere on Earth. Because of the exceptionally large size of its outer reflecting screen (1056 vertical steel wires supported by 96 120-foot (37 m) towers), the FLR -9 was commonly referred to by the nickname "Elephant Cage."
American IronHorse was an American motorcycle manufacturer based in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas area that was founded in 1995 [1] by Tim Edmondson and Bill Rucker. [2] At one time, AIH was the largest factory producer of custom motorcycles in the USA. [3]
Iron horse is a pervasive term (considered by the early 21st century to be transitioning into an archaic reference) for a steam locomotive and the railway on which it travels, originating in the early 1800s, when horses still powered most machinery.
A battery–electric locomotive (or battery locomotive) is an electric locomotive powered by onboard batteries; a kind of battery electric vehicle. Such locomotives are used where a conventional diesel or electric locomotive would be unsuitable. An example is maintenance trains on electrified lines when the electricity supply is turned off.
A white marking on the crest of a horse's neck was created by freeze branding, a form of marking for identification that is nearly painless. Freeze brand detail on shoulder of horse. In stark contrast to traditional hot-iron branding, freeze branding uses an iron that has been chilled with a coolant such as dry ice or liquid nitrogen. Instead ...
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The AC6000CW is a 6,000-horsepower (4,500 kW) diesel electric locomotive built between 1995 and 2001 by GE Transportation. It is among the world's most powerful single-engined diesel locomotives. The locomotive was designed for extremely high horsepower needs, such as pulling heavy coal and ore trains.