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22-23 American Locomotive Company: 4-4-0: 1908 44959-44960 used in passenger service between Sausalito and Ukiah; [1] scrapped 1938 [12] and 1949 [13] [14] 51-54 American Locomotive Company 4-4-0: 1914 54580-54583 scrapped 1938 99 E. Jardine 0-4-0 T: 1887 purchased by San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad 1898 sold 1910 North Bend Lumber ...
SNCF Class B 81500, an example of an electro-diesel multiple unit. An electro-diesel multiple unit (EDMU) or bi-mode multiple unit (BMU) is a form of a multiple unit train that can be powered either by electric power picked up from the overhead lines or third rail (like an electric multiple unit – EMU) or by using an onboard diesel engine, driving an electric generator, which produces ...
A hybrid train is a locomotive, railcar or train that uses an onboard rechargeable energy storage system (RESS), placed between the power source (often a diesel engine prime mover) and the traction transmission system connected to the wheels. Since most diesel locomotives are diesel-electric, they have all the components of a series hybrid ...
Service returns on Sundays and Thursdays joining an Xplorer from Canberra at Goulburn although on occasions when either train runs late, each will run separately to Sydney. Normally operated by two or three carriages. Broken Hill: [16] the Outback Xplorer service runs along the Main Western and Broken Hill lines to Broken Hill. Outbound service ...
A nearly identical train having only one locomotive ran between Cleveland and Cincinnati as the New York Central Railroad's Ohio Xplorer from 1956 to 1957. [33] [34] Timetables show that the Ohio Xplorer ran in 1956 during a time that the railroad was running the second Aerotrain trainset (the Great Lakes Aerotrain) between Cleveland and ...
[40] [note 3] Design requirements included weight less than 288,000 lb (131,000 kg), length less than 75 ft (22.86 m), and EPA-compliant emissions. [ 23 ] The challenge of fitting diesel and electric systems within the same carbody while staying within axle load limits, led to the choice of two high-speed, twelve-cylinder Caterpillar 3512C HD ...
9 short (3-car) short-distance Regional trainsets (replacing the Xplorer fleet) 10 short (3-car) Intercity sets (replacing the Endeavour fleet) All trains will be maintained at the purpose built Mindyarra Maintenance Centre in Dubbo. [15] [16] The first complete 6-car unit arrived at Port Kembla on 14 February 2024 and was taken by road to Dubbo.
The New York Central's Xplorer began a system-wide promotional tour on June 3, 1956, which included an exhibition at New York's Grand Central Terminal. The train entered revenue service on July 15, 1956, as the Ohio Explorer, between Cleveland and Cincinnati. It continued on the route until August 17, 1957, when it was demoted to commutation ...