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 Diesel Ry Traction (Supp to Ry Gaz) n 171 Aug 1946 p 110-2)
A.R.E.A. reports on locomotive economics
Ry Mech Engr
Railway Mechanical Engineer ; 120 , n 5
1946
5 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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