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121Hunslet Engine Company — The Hunslet Engine Company is a British locomotive building company founded in 1864 at Jack Lane, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England by John Towlerton Leather, a civil engineering contractor, who appointed James Campbell (son of Alexander… …
122Baldwin Locomotive Works — The Baldwin Locomotive Works was an American builder of railroad locomotives. It was located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania originally, and later in nearby Eddystone, Pennsylvania. Although the company was very successful as a producer of steam… …
123DSB class D — The Danish State Railways (DSB) class D steam locomotive was a 1C (2 6 0) freight steam locomotive developed in coorporation between the DSB central engineering department and the German locomotive manufacturer Henschel. Class D with 100 units… …
124GE three-power boxcab — The GE three power boxcabs were early electro diesel hybrid switcher locomotives. General Electric built the chassis and running gear, generator, motors and controls, and Ingersoll Rand provided the diesel engine. The principle of operation was… …
125Light rail in North America — The term light rail was coined in 1972 by the U.S. Urban Mass Transit Association (UMTA) to describe new streetcar transformations which were taking place in Europe and the United States. The Germans used the term stadtbahn to describe the… …
126Dogdyke Engine — The engine house …
127Campro engine — The Campro engine is the first automotive engine ever developed together with Lotus by the Malaysian carmaker, Proton. [http://www.power and control.com/about/engineering.php] The name Campro is short for Cam Profile . This engine powers the… …
128ALCO boxcab — The ALCO boxcabs were diesel electric switcher locomotives, otherwise known as AGEIR boxcabs as a contraction of the names of the builders. Produced by a partnership of three companies, ALCO (American Locomotive Company) built the chassis and… …
