Locomotive, any of various self-propelled vehicles used for hauling railroad cars on tracks. Although motive power for a train-set can be incorporated into a car that also has passenger, baggage, or freight accommodations, it most often is provided by a
Diesel engine, any internal-combustion engine in which air is compressed to a sufficiently high temperature to ignite diesel fuel (distillates of heavy hydrocarbons) injected into the cylinder, where combustion and expansion actuate a piston. The mechani
You can check timetables, prices and make online bookings for Dutch domestic train servicesat the official NS (Dutch Railways) site here. Prices are in euros (EUR) only and payment is accepted by iDeal or credit cards (Visa/Mastercard/American Express). There are no booking fees, however tic...
SOFC is a promising fuel-cell type, but one not commercialized to the extent of PEMFC for mobile applications. Additionally, the SOFC type has at present a short cycle life; that is, relatively few times that it can be turned off and then back on. While diesel locomotives are generally ...
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The alternating current produced by this generator is converted to DC by integrated silicondioderectifiers to feed all the DC traction motors. These DC traction motors drive the wheel of the locomotive. Similarly to diesel-electric locomotives, alternators are used in marine environments, designed spe...
Potential sources of contaminants associated with railways include diesel exhaust, and the abrasion of brakes, wheels, and rails, as well as dust from the transport of minerals and treated railway ties (Levengood et al. 2015). The main pollutants emitted from the diesel-powered locomotives are ...
SOFC is a promising fuel-cell type, but one not commercialized to the extent of PEMFC for mobile applications. Additionally, the SOFC type has at present a short cycle life; that is, relatively few times that it can be turned off and then back on. While diesel locomotives are generally ...