Western Pacific (WP) diesel locomotive 3537 at McCarver Street, Washington in September 1971. WP 3537 leads Burlington Northern train number 137, Vancouver, BC to Los Angeles time freight, past the Sperry Dock just north of McCarver Street in Tacoma. The train operated via Vancouver, Washington, Wishram and Bieber, California. WP took the train south from Bieber. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: freight train, diesel locomotive, dock.
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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