Definitions for diesel-electric locomotive
diesel-elec·tric lo·co·mo·tive

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1. diesel-electric locomotive, diesel-electricnoun

   a locomotive driven by the electric current generated by a diesel engine

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1. diesel-electric locomotive

   A diesel locomotive is a type of railway locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engine. Several types of diesel locomotives have been developed, differing mainly in the means by which mechanical power is conveyed to the driving wheels. Early internal combustion locomotives and railcars used kerosene and gasoline as their fuel. Rudolf Diesel patented his first compression-ignition engine in 1898, and steady improvements to the design of diesel engines reduced their physical size and improved their power-to-weight ratios to a point where one could be mounted in a locomotive. Internal combustion engines only operate efficiently within a limited power band, and while low power gasoline engines could be coupled to mechanical transmissions, the more powerful diesel engines required the development of new forms of transmission. This is because clutches would need to be very large at these power levels and would not fit in a standard 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)-wide locomotive frame, or wear too quickly to be useful. The first successful diesel engines used diesel–electric transmissions, and by 1925 a small number of diesel locomotives of 600 hp (450 kW) were in service in the United States. In 1930, Armstrong Whitworth of the United Kingdom delivered two 1,200 hp (890 kW) locomotives using Sulzer-designed engines to Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway of Argentina. In 1933, diesel–electric technology developed by Maybach was used to propel the DRG Class SVT 877, a high-speed intercity two-car set, and went into series production with other streamlined car sets in Germany starting in 1935. In the United States, diesel–electric propulsion was brought to high-speed mainline passenger service in late 1934, largely through the research and development efforts of General Motors dating back to the late 1920s and advances in lightweight car body design by the Budd Company. The economic recovery from World War II caused the widespread adoption of diesel locomotives in many countries. They offered greater flexibility and performance than steam locomotives, as well as substantially lower operating and maintenance costs.

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1. diesel-electric locomotive

   A diesel-electric locomotive is a type of railway vehicle that uses a diesel engine to generate electrical power which then drives electric motor(s) to propel the vehicle. It combines the high-starting torque and efficient long-distance operation of an electric engine with the autonomy and flexibility of a diesel engine. The diesel-electic system doesn't directly connect the diesel engine to the wheels but instead uses the power to drive an electric generator that turns the wheels.

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   The numerical value of diesel-electric locomotive in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

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   The numerical value of diesel-electric locomotive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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