Consumption of petroleum products by railroads; effectiveness of Diesel locomotives in reducing operating costs and improving services; performance in switching service; if existing cars and trucks could get one additional mile per gallon of gasoline, diversion of 150,000 bbl per day of cracking stock to produce Diesel fuel would provide three times total 1947 railroad requirements. Report by ElectroMotive Div and Research Laboratories Div, General Motors Corp. (See also Ry Age v 125 n 13 Sept 25 1948 p 596-8; Petroleum Engr v 20 n 1 Oct 1948 p 105-6, 109-10)


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    Title :

    Fuel oil for diesel locomotives


    Additional title:

    Diesel Progress


    Published in:

    Diesel Progress ; 14 , n 11


    Publication date :

    1948


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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