Maintenance considerations; reliability for high speed operations; steam vs Diesel for heavy freight and passenger service; Diesel switching locomotives; economics of Diesel and steam power in yard service; Diesel vs steam in freight service; effect of age on Diesel repair costs; summary of factors governing motive power selection. Abstract of report of Committee on Ry Location and Operation of Am Ry Eng Assn. (See also Ry Mech Engr v 120 n 5 May 1946 p 249-53)
A.R.E.A. reports on locomotive economics
Diesel Ry Traction (Supp Ry Gaz)
1946
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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