Aging infrastructure and the efficiency of diesel locomotives spelled the end of many electrified routes. Great Northern ended electric operations in July 1956 after a new ventilation system was installed in Cascade Tunnel. Norfolk & Western pulled the plug on its former Virginian Ry. line in June...
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piping whistles as it left the platform at Porta Nuova, Turin’s central railway station. We were being pulled by a half-century-old diesel-electric locomotive, whose red-and-green livery paid tribute to the Italian flag. But the four passenger cars were the real beauties. Known ascentoporte...
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The steam locomotive comes around the corner to pick us up from the “station” and bring us back to the museum. It is a short ride or an even shorter walk. (The steam train only runs on Live Day). There was an opportunity for visitors to ride in this military armoured personnel carr...
The key word is “comparable”, because ultimately, it’s impossible to compare two engines (diesel and gas) perfectly, although there are numerous engine families that have gas and diesel variants. I have come up with a few obvious ones, like the original VW 1.6L diesel/g...
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They can pull it with a couple of big diesel locomotives on the front, and a couple of mid-train locomotives on remote control. If they were electric, you could use half as many locomotives - one on the front and one in the middle. Two guys in the head locomotive, one to drive ...
P Christidis,N Vetters,G Ulpiani,... - 《Transportation Research Procedia》 被引量: 0发表: 2023年 Application and benchmarking of a direct method to optimize the fuel consumption of a diesel electric locomotive This paper addresses the optimal control of a long-haul passenger train to deliver...
It is difficult to estimate the cost of a hydrogen-based rail system, but the fuel cells that drive locomotives cost about $4.1 million each, which is extra cost on top of the $2.9 million for the electric locomotive. The engineering, technology and life cycle costs are known for electric...