SP&S ALCO FA-1 diesel locomotive Number 860 with Great Northern 6,000 horsepower ALCO FA-1 set Number 440 at the enginehouse at Bend, Oregon. The GN 440 set would later be sold to the SP&S in January 1950 and would become 862 A-1, 862 B-1, 862 B-2, and 862 A-2. From the Jack Holst collection at the Pacific Northwest Chapter-National Railway Historical Society.
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At Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive, still photographs of locomotives that employ an onboard diesel engine to generate electricity to turn the wheels, as well as locomotives whose diesel engines power the wheels through a gear box or through a hydraulic system.
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LC Subject Authority Heading: Diesel locomotives https://lccn.loc.gov/sh85037816
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Diesel locomotives
Diesel locomotives
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Diesel locomotives
UF Diesel-electric locomotives
UF Diesel locomotive engines
UF Locomotive diesels
UF Diesels