Stockton Terminal & Eastern Railroad Alco S-1 diesel locomotive number 507 at the engine terminal in Stockton, California, on August 3, 1973. Built in 1942 (construction number 69691) as Western Pacific number 507 and purchased by Stockton Terminal & Eastern in 1971. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: diesel locomotive, switching locomotive.
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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