Without much in the way of power electronics ... characteristics for both starting heavy trains and for moving them at high speed. By 1950 the general form of a diesel locomotive with a frame ...

Diesel-electric ... own rights-of-way, and often traveled at frightening speeds, but were early casualties of the automobile.

A type of diesel train was retired on March 12 due to changes in train timetables at Japan Freight Railway Company, a JR Group unit. The Class DD51 diesel-hydraulic locomotive was in service for ...