Sentences with phrase «diesel locomotives»
"Diesel locomotives" refer to trains or locomotives that are powered by diesel engines. Full definition
Because long stretches of its main line traverse areas without water, Santa Fe was one of the first buyers of diesel locomotives for freight service.
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I constantly thought of vintage diesel locomotives when gazing at the thing.
The system is a working commuter route and is assisted by diesel locomotives.
Because there are no existing studies of how inhaling diesel particulate matter affects cancer risk in Cowlitz County, the study applies a federal model developed for California to set a baseline level of cancer risk from diesel locomotive emissions here.
The Outback Dinner is a new train service powered by an historic Old Ghan diesel locomotive.
Today I was driving my GASOLINE powered car around a city with a lot of other GASOLINE powered cars, I saw some trucks and buses driving around with DIESEL engines, and got stopped at a level crossing while a train, pulled by 2 DIESEL locomotives went by.
Caterpillar's production of diesel locomotives now takes place in Muncie, Indiana, in a Westinghouse transformer assembly plant that was abandoned in 1998 and retooled by Caterpillar with generous government support.
Newer diesel locomotives also have much lower emissions.»
«The majority of the locomotives in use at Paddington were «grandfathered» (made exempt from the regulations for modern diesel locomotives).
Three steam trains and a number of diesel locomotives run on the line.
To answer the second part of your question start / stopping for every 5 to 10 seconds depends on what engine your car has, if its a diesel engine then doing that procedure is actually less useful since most diesel engines consume extremely less fuel to idle (that is why you see most diesel locomotives are not turned off, they idle for like hours), start / stopping a diesel will consume more fuel that its saving.
The Committee has also completed specifications for high - performance diesel locomotives that can travel up to 125 miles - per - hour and for single level passenger rail cars.
In 1967, regular steam services along the line were withdrawn as part of a modernisation attempt, they were replaced with more reliable and efficient diesel locomotives.
Later in the piece, he writes, «Real estate information professionals will try, like railroad firemen did when diesel locomotives made them obsolete, to get laws passed requiring that they be paid even though they no longer have much to do.
Trains includes genuine timber bodied carriages, including those of the 1930s Ghan, hauled by a vintage diesel locomotive.
Qualification as a Green Giant: A line of products ranging from diesel locomotives to electric vehicle charging stations that are certified against a set of criteria and verified by a third party as delivering superior environmental and financial performance to customers.
The Diesel Diner is a new train service powered by an historic Old Ghan diesel locomotive.
and a diesel locomotive began pulling the horizontally mounted rocket tailfirst through the hangar door toward the launchpad.
In preparation for the liftoff on August 13, 1998, of a manned mission to the Mir space station, a Soyuz TM - 28 two - stage booster rocket mounted on a special erector transporter strongback is pushed to a launchpad at Baikonur by a diesel locomotive.
I was nearly thrown off my feet even with the anticipation of the jerk caused from numerous cars being pulled by the powerful, diesel locomotives.
Train includes genuine timber bodied carriages, including those of the 1930s Ghan, hauled by a vintage diesel locomotive.
Operated by passionate volunteers, the Pichi Richi Railway runs beautifully restored steam and diesel locomotives and timber carriages, including the century - old steam train nicknamed the Coffee Pot that's a favourite of trainspotters and believed to be the last of its kind in the world.
Day 5 Take the Nilgiri Toy Train (diesel locomotive) to Coonoor (1 hr).
In the same way, we have electric motors all over our society — every elevator, every blender, every crane, diesel locomotives have huge electric motors in them.
They need to have the technical and professional knowledge in driving electric or diesel locomotives, steam or gas — turbine — electric locomotives