Diesel-hydraulic

adj, noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A diesel-hydraulic locomotive.
  2. 2
    a locomotive driven by a hydraulic transmission system powered by a diesel engine wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Powered by a diesel engine via a hydraulic transmission. not-comparable

    "In the United States, where the railways are 90 per cent. dieselised today, diesel-electric power is the unvarying rule for independent locomotive units, and the only motive power exceptions are the highly successful 600-h.p. diesel-hydraulic railcars of the Budd "RDC" type, of which between 300 and 400 are now at work."

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diesel-hydraulic locomotive

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"In the United States, where the railways are 90 per cent. dieselised today, diesel-electric power is the unvarying rule for independent locomotive units, and the only motive power exceptions are the highly successful 600-h.p. diesel-hydraulic railcars of the Budd "RDC" type, of which between 300 and 400 are now at work."

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