Burlington Northern 592, formerly Northern Pacific 106, waits on a service track at St. Paul, Minnesota, on June 5, 1971. The locomotive was built by General Motors Electromotive Division as a type NW2 diesel switcher in 1941. Other subject classes: diesel locomotive, switcher locomotive, NW2
Werkema, GeorgeElements 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