Diesel Locomotives
A diesel locomotive is a type of railway locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engine. Several types of diesel locomotives have been developed, differing mainly in the means by which mechanical power is conveyed to the driving wheels. Early internal combustion locomotives and railcars used kerosene and gasoline as their fuel. Rudolf Diesel patented his first compression-ignition engine in 1898, and steady improvements to the design of diesel engines reduced their physical size and improved their power-to-weight ratios to a point where one could be mounted in a locomotive. Internal combustion engines only operate efficiently within a …
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CSEP: Centre for Social and Economic Progress · 25 April 2024 English
The Centre for Social and Economic Progress (CSEP) conducts in-depth, policy-relevant research and provides evidence- based recommendations to the challenges facing India and the world. [...] CSEP is based in …
electrification will have a negative have to phase out diesel locomotives, which account impact on state budgets if … need to protect state government convert diesel locomotives to electric locomotives budgets through a …
World Bank Group · 11 March 2024 English
31-Dec-2014 09-Mar-2023 DMUs and diesel locomotives Number 0.00 17.00 4.00 31-Dec-2014 …
Brenthurst Foundation · 15 December 2023 English
The meeting on the bridge was literally an act of railway diplomacy; it was also a reminder of a vital economic link that had existed for decades, and that the …
“To enable them to cope with the traffic, diesel locomotives were hired to both Rhodesian and Zambia Railways … repairs to the main components of Zambia's diesel locomotives. Approximately 1,500 to 2,000 trucks were … locomotive fleet, TransNamib ordered 21 new diesel locomotives from China’s CSR Ziyang. Some of the new …
EU: European Union · 5 December 2023 English
development plan and program, retrofitting of five diesel locomotives to hydrogen and construction of hydrogen … in road transport, retrofitting of five diesel locomotives to hydrogen and five charging stations for …
EU: European Union · 21 November 2023 English
development plan and program, retrofitting of five diesel locomotives to hydrogen and construction of hydrogen … in road transport, retrofitting of five diesel locomotives to hydrogen and five charging stations for …
EU: European Union · 21 November 2023 English
Hydrogen Valley; 2) retrofitting of five diesel locomotives to hydrogen; and 3) five charging stations …
EU: European Union · 21 November 2023 English
Hydrogen Valley; 2) retrofitting of five diesel locomotives to hydrogen; and 3) five charging stations …
World Bank Group · 1 November 2023 English
20-Sep-2023 31-Dec-2020 IN01332610 DMUs and diesel locomotives (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual …
EU: European Union · 31 October 2023 English
Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn (NEB), aims to replace diesel locomotives with the first battery-powered trains from …
EU: European Union · 28 September 2023 English
vehicles with electric traction 70 75 85 Diesel locomotives and special vehicles with diesel traction … Special vehicles with electric traction 84 Diesel locomotives P < 2 000 kW at the engine output shaft … rolling stock subsystem L pAF,max [dB] Diesel locomotives P ≥ 2 000 kW at the engine output shaft … vehicles with electric traction 84 99 Diesel locomotives and special vehicles with diesel traction …
