Related content from HighBeam Research on: locomotive: Introduction

FROM STEAM TO DIESEL. MANAGERIAL CUSTOMS AND ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE INDUSTRY.(Review) (Labour & Industry)

Investigation into the mechanical properties and metal creaks of a diesel locomotive wheel.(Report) (Transport)

Air Compressor Control System for Energy Saving in Locomotive Service Plant (Journal of Electromagnetic Analysis and Applications (JEMAA))

Coming to your Class I: Remote control; U.S. railroads and their biggest operating union appear ready to march together--and very carefully--into the age of locomotive remote control. (Railway Age)

Reflections on the C.38 class and overhaul of heritage steam locomotive 3801.(conference paper)(Company overview) (Australian Journal of Multi-disciplinary Engineering)

Fast program update: the past year has brought noteworthy changes to AAR's FAST program including new locomotives, new bridge research, new rail tests, track strength tests and a slew of other research to push all aspects of the track structure to their maximum efficiency.(TTCI R&D) (Railway Track and Structures)

MK's move into OEM. (Morrison Knudsen's entrance into the original equipment manufacturing market for locomotives) (Railway Age)

For the first time, SBB Cargo has operated freight trains from Germany via Switzerland to Italy without changing the locomotive at the Italian border.(Switzerland) (International Railway Journal)

DB launches new locomotive strategy: German Rail (DB) has launched a three-stage strategy to modernise its diesel locomotive fleet. It involves withdrawing the oldest units, purchasing several hundred new locomotives of only three types, and fitting new engines to six classes of existing locomotives.(Diesel Traction) (International Railway Journal)

Engines of change. (locomotive developments; includes related article on the Iron Highway locomotive cab) (Railway Age)