Northern Pacific special passenger train, Casey Jones Excursions, at Kanaskat, Washington, in 1959. Casey Jones Excursions special with attendees at opening of new Howard Hansen Dam. Looking down from mountainside at seventeen coaches of 24-car special train, three GP9 diesels, heater car, crowd massed at new station, new mainline and old mainline, freight yard in background. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson collection.. Other Subject Classes: passenger train, diesel locomotive, track, station, railroad yard, dam
Fredrickson, James M.Elements 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