Diesel-electric

Synonyms for "diesel-electric" (1 found)

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German

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  • dieselelektrisch adj (Translations)

Irish

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  • díosal-leictreach adj (Translations)

Italian

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  • diesel-elettrico adj (Translations)

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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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Brush supplied shunters to industrial clients, but the first significant main line order came from the Ceylon Government Railway in 1950 for 25 diesel-electrics.

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