In the spring of 1936, industrial design guru Raymond Loewy came up with a streamlined winner for ... People lined up to see the locomotive, which was dubbed the "Torpedo." Lionel rushed to ...

Streamliner trains were able to achieve ... engineers aboard the train asserted that neither electric nor Diesel-electric locomotives could surpass the rating of the new Twentieth Century engine.

Hafeet Rail has signed a contract with Progress Rail for 27 EMD SD70ACS diesel freight locomotives to operate on the new ...

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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

NIKKO, Tochigi Prefecture--Steam and diesel locomotive operators are testing replacing environmentally unfriendly power sources for the trains to help reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.

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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 ...