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[1] [2] This was Santa Fe's most notable remanufacturing project, with 233 units completed during that time. [3] The program was initiated in response to a system-wide need for more than 200 additional four-axle diesel road switchers to meet projected motive power demands on branch lines and secondary main lines .
A 7 + 1 ⁄ 4-inch gauge railway is a miniature railway that uses the gauge of 7 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (184 mm). It is mainly used in clubs, amusement parks and as a backyard railway . Locomotives include steam , electric and diesel types.
An equipment of a Russian TGM6 diesel–hydraulic locomotive: 1 — diesel, 2 — oil filter, 3 — turning gear, 4 — water-to-fuel heater, 5 — auxiliary electric generator, 6 — hydrokinetic transmission, 7 — first gear valve (with manual shift handle), 8 — automatic transmission oil filter
Evolution of the American Diesel Locomotive. Railroads Past and Present. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-34863-0. Marre, Louis A. (1995). Diesel Locomotives: The First 50 Years: A Guide to Diesels Built Before 1972. Railroad Reference Series. Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing. ISBN 978-0-89024-258-2.
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 Dash 7 Series is a line of diesel-electric freight locomotives built by GE Transportation. It replaced the Universal Series in the mid-1970s, and was superseded by the Dash 8 Series in the mid-1980s.
Five diesel shunting locomotives purpose-built for departmental duties on the Western Region in 1953 (number 97650) and 1959 (numbers 97651-654), and originally numbered PWM650-4. Withdrawn 1987–2005.
The F7's prime mover is a 16-cylinder 567B series diesel engine developing 1,500 hp (1.1 MW) at 800 rpm. The 567B is a mechanically aspirated two-stroke design in a 45-degree V engine configuration, with 567 cu in (9.29 L) displacement per cylinder, for a total of 9,072 cu in (148.66 L).