All freight and passenger trains on 3000-mi trunk line are handled by 231 Diesels with total of 320,740 hp; these Diesels replace 384 steam locomotives, all of which have now either been sold or are in process of being scrapped; table gives details on present Diesel fleet. (see also Diesel Ry Traction (supp to Ry Gaz) v 4 n 216 May 1950 p 110-2)


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    Title :

    G.M. and O.-alton 100 per cent dieselized


    Additional title:

    Ry Age


    Published in:

    Railway Age ; 127 , n 26


    Publication date :

    1949


    Size :

    5 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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