Review of papers on railway power plant presented before Institution of Mechanical Engineers, with special consideration of their relation to future motive power policy for British railways; reference to increasing use of Diesel electric locomotive in United States and other countries; in Great Britain, it is predicted that steam locomotives will continue to haul bulk of traffic for 20-30 yr.


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    Title :

    Railway locomotives


    Additional title:

    Engineering


    Published in:

    Engineering ; 164 , n 4268


    Publication date :

    1947


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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