Northern Pacific passenger train number 422, Seattle-Hoquiam, arrives at Tacoma, Washington, on a foggy July 30, 1954, over the Foss Waterway drawbridge trestle. Baldwin diesel locomotive number 501 leads a railway post office car, baggage car, coach, and new vista-dome coach number 550 heading for display in Union Station. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: passenger train, diesel locomotive, bridge, passenger car
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