The Fell differential gearbox. All diesel locomotive designs struggle with the problem of transmitting the huge torque required to start a fully loaded train at low speeds, and because of the huge ...

Understanding brake horsepower: Diesel engines, like all engines, are built to perform a specific function. In a locomotive, ...

HUNGARY: State railway group MÁV-Volán has signed a long-term agreement to lease a further 13 diesel locomotives formerly ...

43159 arrived at the Great Central Railway by road, rather than rail A record-breaking diesel locomotive is being brought back into service after sitting in storage for two years. In its glory ...

The Class DD51 diesel-hydraulic locomotive was in service for nearly 60 years since the era of the former Japanese National Railways. The Class DD51 replaced steam locomotives as the workhorse of ...