• DocumentCode
    1560818
  • Title

    Progress in railway mechanical engineering-2000-2001 survey-locomotives

  • Author

    Bieber, Ac

  • fYear
    2002
  • Firstpage
    193
  • Lastpage
    204
  • Abstract
    This survey reports on motive power developments for the previous year ending August 2001. Invitations to participate were sent to a number of locomotive builders throughout the world. Railway industry trade journals and other rail magazines provided additional input. General information is presented on 5 diesel locomotives and 6 electric locomotives.
  • Keywords
    diesel-electric locomotives; electric locomotives; mechanical engineering; diesel locomotives; electric locomotives; locomotive builders; motive power developments; railway mechanical engineering; Adhesives; Control systems; Costs; Global Positioning System; Ice; Manufacturing industries; Mechanical engineering; Microprocessors; Rail transportation; Remote monitoring;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Railroad Conference, 2002 ASME/IEEE Joint
  • Conference_Location
    Washington, DC, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7452-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/RRCON.2002.1000111
  • Filename
    1000111