Northern Pacific passenger train number 408, Seattle-Portland, emerges from the short tunnel under the smelter at Ruston, Washington, west of Tacoma, in March 1963, led by diesel locomotive unit number 6505A. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: passenger train, diesel locomotive, tunnel, structure
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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