Burlington Northern diesel locomotive 2009 at Willmar, Minnesota on November 28, 1984. Number 2009 is a GP20 built by Electro-Motive Division (EMD), builder's number 25570. BN 2551, GP5 builder's number 28912 is behind. Photo by Howard Patrick.
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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