Northern Pacific 709 works in Rices Point yard in Duluth, Minnesota, in 1968. Northern Pacific 709, a type S-2 was built by American Locomotive Company in 1943. This picture is a Blackhawk Films slide, copyright 1970 by The Eastin-Phelan Corp. Other subject classes: diesel locomotive, switcher locomotive, S-2
Werkema, GeorgeElements area
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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