The energy crunch has created penalties in fuel costs whereby railroads are experiencing the highest fuel bills in their history. Electro-Motive Division of General Motors Corporation, as a major manufacturer of diesel-electric locomotives, is dedicated to increasing the fuel efficiency of its diesel locomotives. Since the introduction of the '40 Dash Two' Series of locomotives in 1972, EMD has made significant advances in improving locomotive fuel efficiency via basic design changes to the Model 645 diesel engine to improve its thermal efficiency and also by changes in the locomotives support systems to reduce parasitic losses. Future locomotives models will continue this trend in improved fuel efficiency through further advances in the design of engine components and support systems.


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    Title :

    Higher fuel efficiency for EMD diesel locomotives


    Additional title:

    Verrringerter Kraftstoffverbrauch fuer EMD-Diesellokomotiven


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1978


    Size :

    12 Seiten, 12 Bilder, 2 Tabellen


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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