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Abstract: This paper describes a new power plant regulating system which incorporates speed and load control, recognizes the ability of the engine, permits maximum utilization of the engine's power, ...
The Galesi Group, doing business as Maxon Alco Holdings, paid $500,000 for the former American Locomotive, or ALCO, site along the Mohawk River, according to a deed filed with the Schenectady ...
Representatives for NJ Transit and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers are scheduled to meet Monday in Washington, D.C., called there by federal arbitrators to hash out their differences as ...
The Goodwin Alco diesels on the NSW Government ... sound proofing of the 80 Class square ended diesel cabin design was very different again, as much of the sound was dissipated to the crew driving the ...
In partnership with Friends of No. 9, the California State Railroad Museum will display the beautifully restored No. 9 steam locomotive beginning in July 2025. No. 9 is the only surviving locomotive ...
Reading Company steam locomotives were being put out to pasture by new diesel locomotives in the early 1950s. The fireman standing on the steam locomotive’s tender deck wasn’t going to let it happen ...
A new release this summer is an updated Bachmann Branchline Class 66 diesel locomotive, which will be available with ten locomotives in five liveries in standard, SOUND FITTED or SOUND FITTED DELUXE ...
There is an exception to this rule: work vehicles. Tons of work vehicles in the U.S. use diesel engines, and that's where most of the diesel engine tech goes these days. Tractors, semi-trucks ...
NJ Transit CEO Kris Kolluri railed against the agency’s locomotive engineers union before Assembly lawmakers Monday ahead of a looming strike, saying their request for larger pay increases puts them ...
CSX 6939 GP40-2 was originally built in June of 1979 by Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) Corporation, formerly a division of General Motors. Fully assembled, the locomotive weighs 277,500 pounds or ...