There’s nothing more guaranteed to excite a grizzled old railway enthusiast than the sight of a steam locomotive. The original main-line rail propulsion technology still clings on in a few places, but ...

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The New York Central Railroad Co. last week placed the year’s biggest order for locomotives. They were all diesels—in of them, to cost $21,000,000. Thus, the New York Central marked the quiet ...

The SP&S 539 steam locomotive that had been displayed in Esther Short Park for 40 years made a return to Vancouver on Friday. The partially disassembled locomotive, built in 1917 in Dunkirk, N.Y., ...

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This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A concept for a natural gas fueled locomotive that uses a gas turbine for its prime mover is presented in this paper. Additionally, the paper ...