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A diesel locomotive is a type of railway locomotive in which the power source is a diesel engine. Several types of diesel locomotives have been developed, differing mainly in the means by which mechanical power is conveyed to the driving wheels. The most common are diesel–electric locomotives and diesel–hydraulic.
Pages in category "Diesel locomotives of the United States" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. ... Rebel (train) S. Southern Pacific 9010; W.
Hitachi Rail – diesel and electric locomotives, carriages [73] Hunslet Engine Company – diesel locomotives, narrow-gauge steam locomotives; part of Wabtec [74] Rhino Industries – narrow-gauge diesel/steam locomotives, new build, maintenance [75] Severn Lamb – narrow gauge diesel/steam/steam outline locomotives, carriages, and track ...
Diesel locomotive engines (2 C, 32 P) Diesel locomotives by builder ... Pages in category "Diesel locomotives" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 ...
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.
The Krauss-Maffei ML 4000 is a diesel–hydraulic locomotive, built between 1961 and 1969 by German manufacturer Krauss-Maffei in Munich, Germany.It generated 3,540 horsepower (2,640 kW) from two Maybach V16 engines. 37 examples were built in total, for two North American railroads and one South American railroad.
The ALCO FA is a family of B-B diesel locomotives designed to haul freight trains.The locomotives were built by a partnership of ALCO and General Electric in Schenectady, New York, between January 1946 and May 1959.
The locomotives were all sold to customers in the United States. It was the first model in EMD's very successful F-unit series of cab unit freight diesels and was the locomotive that convinced many U.S. railroads that the diesel-electric freight locomotive was the future. Many rail historians consider the FT one of the most important locomotive ...