Introduction of Diesel electric locomotives on Southern Pacific for switching, passenger and freight service; total of 400,000 mi between major overhauls with passenger locomotives and 180,000 mi with freight units over heavily graded lines achieved; speed, economy, and reliability claimed for Diesel passenger operation. Before Pac Ry Club of San Francisco. (see also Diesel Ry Traction v 5 n 230 July 1951 p 161-3)
Moving transcontinental trains with diesel power
Ry Age
Railway Age ; 130 , n 9
1951
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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