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Definition of Diesel-electric locomotive
1. Noun. A locomotive driven by the electric current generated by a diesel engine.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diesel-electric Locomotive
Literary usage of Diesel-electric locomotive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Canadian Transportation and Distribution Management (1869)
"After nearly four years of research, the Ca- One of the MLW-GE 1.600 HP having
been realized that the Diesel- electric locomotive was about to begin the ..."
2. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North, William M. Schuyler (1914)
"On the other hand, a diesel-electric locomotive, that is, with a Diesel engine
driving un electric generator, the latter supplying power to electric motors ..."
3. Mechanical World and Engineering Record (1881)
"43 List of Books and Pamphlets, 89 Lubricants and Lubrication, 138 Main Line
diesel-electric locomotive, 475 Management, 476 Management and the Building oí ..."
4. Why Do We Need Railways?: International Seminar 19-20 January 1995 by ECMT Staff (1995)
"... between the Norwegian, Danish, Belgian and Luxembourg railways, who mutually
agreed to acquire a common diesel electric locomotive of American origin. ..."
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