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The aftermath of a boiler explosion at Strømmen station near Oslo, Norway, 22 December 1888. [1] One locomotive was thrown into the air and landed on the roof of another; the crews of both escaped without injury [2] A boiler explosion is a catastrophic failure of a boiler. There are two types of boiler explosions.
Stockton and Darlington Railway locomotive no. 2 [5] or no. 5 [2] 19 March 1828: Locomotive United Kingdom: Simpasture, near Shildon, England: 1: 1 [2] [5] Stockton and Darlington Railway Locomotion No. 1: 1 July 1828: Locomotive United Kingdom: Aycliffe Lane, Heighington, England: 1 [2] SS Helen McGregor: 24 February 1830: Marine (civilian ...
Diagram of Priestman oil engine from The Steam engine and gas and oil engines (1900) by John Perry Petrol–electric Weitzer railmotor, first 1903, series 1906. The earliest recorded example of the use of an internal combustion engine in a railway locomotive is the prototype designed by William Dent Priestman, which was examined by William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin in 1888 who described it as ...
Power was provided by twin 900 hp (670 kW) 12 cylinder Winton 201-A diesel engines in each power unit, exceeding by 50% the most power that could be attained with a single engine at that time. The added "headroom" in power extended the life of mechanical parts, which was a critical issue with early diesel engines in locomotives.
The EMD 567 is a line of large medium-speed diesel engines built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division.This engine, which succeeded Winton's 201A, was used in EMD's locomotives from 1938 until its replacement in 1966 by the EMD 645.
January 3 – India – Ghatnandur train crash: 18 people died in a collision of two trains at Ghatnandur in Maharashtra [40] January 31 – Australia – Waterfall rail accident: The driver of a southbound passenger train suffered a heart attack and died; the train then sped out of control and derailed on a curve, overturning several cars and killing six passengers.
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 C30-7 is a 6-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by GE Transportation Systems between September 1976 and May 1986 as an updated U30C with a 16-cylinder 3,000 horsepower (2,200 kW) FDL-series diesel engine. [1] 1,137 were built for North American railroads.