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Do diesel engines use electricity or air to start their engines.
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Potential catenary danger?
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GP20s and SD24s and E-units (Oh my!)
Posted 6 days ago by mrmckenzie0
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Cab view C&NW F-7 # 411
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Helper configuration
Posted 16 days ago by Enzoamps
6 4141
SD70ACe
Posted one month ago by Lithonia Operator
14 5398
Why is DC power in a locomotive cab 74 volts?
Posted 21 days ago by aegrotatio
21 1640
Why does AC traction provide increased adhesion?
Posted 23 days ago by Leo_Ames
62 4183
UP's future electric locomotives
Posted 2 months ago by NKP guy
205 14060
Progress Rail Joule Switcher
Posted 9 months ago by SD60MAC9500
69 9688
ALCO C430P
Posted 3 months ago by IA and eastern
31 4976
EMD F2 Built After F3 Production Began
Posted 8 years ago by NorthWest
114 15419
gp50t
Posted 2 months ago by IA and eastern
34 4758
When deadheading locomotives, is it better for them to be running?
Posted one month ago by aegrotatio
13 1459
GE 7FDL 16 Book
Posted one month ago by VGN Jess
14 1248
WM Chop Nose Height
Posted one month ago by mvlandsw
2 560
Last Illinois Central E Units
Posted 4 years ago by IC EC
3 2255
How locomotives are made video
Posted 2 months ago by CMStPnP
9 1633
CN buys former leasers?
Posted one month ago by D.Carleton
12 1945
Control of Multiple Locomotives
Posted one month ago by JPS1
9 1113
Norfolk Southern's Juanita Locomotive Shops (drone flyover)
Posted 2 months ago by CMStPnP
21 2106
BNSF Dash 9-44CW exhaust encasement
Posted one month ago by Max Karl
3 746
SD70MAC
Posted 2 months ago by VGN Jess
8 1669
CSX Heritage Loco?
Posted one month ago by FRRYKid
6 1069
Temple, TX BNSF Locomotive Service Facility
Posted one month ago by JPS1
3 831
Milwaukee Road E9 32A (Friends of 261 Hiawatha Paint).
Posted 2 months ago by CMStPnP
11 1566
Please identify these diesel locomotives
Posted 2 months ago by daveklepper
5 1145
EU electrification information
Posted 2 months ago by blue streak 1
8 1521
Acela upgrades
Posted 2 months ago by northernroute
15 2067
BN GP39 rebuild question
Posted 2 months ago by Leo_Ames
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