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* Two-hundred-eighty-ninth Installment-"Diesel electric or straight diesel?"
Author: I am the fly
Date: 03-13-2025 - 11:51

ke6qr Wrote:
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> Thanks for a great look back! Any information on
> the propulsion system of the turbo trains? Diesel
> electric or straight diesel? How did they get the
> name turbo and what caused the excessive fuel
> consumption? Thank you in advance.

1. Turboshaft

"high fuel costs due to their turbine power"

https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/turbo.jpg

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  Submitted For Your Approval * Two-hundred-eighty-ninth Installment D. B. Arthur 03-12-2025 - 21:25
  Re: Submitted For Your Approval * Two-hundred-eighty-ninth Installment Bruce Kelly 03-13-2025 - 06:01
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  Re: Submitted For Your Approval * Two-hundred-eighty-ninth Installment ke6qr 03-13-2025 - 09:07
  * Two-hundred-eighty-ninth Installment-"Diesel electric or straight diesel?" I am the fly 03-13-2025 - 11:51
  Re: Submitted For Your Approval * Two-hundred-eighty-ninth Installment Y'allTube 03-13-2025 - 12:15
  Re: Submitted For Your Approval * Two-hundred-eighty-ninth Installment D. B. Arthur 03-14-2025 - 07:41
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