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From: ken@ihuxq.UUCP (ken perlow)
Newsgroups: net.railroad
Subject: how do diesel engine transmissions work?
Message-ID: <417@ihuxq.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 14-Dec-83 11:43:13 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 14 11:43:13 1983
Date-Received: Fri, 16-Dec-83 01:49:12 EST
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Well, how do they work?  I ride the Chicago & NorthWestern
a lot (the one that drives on the left), & it seems that the
power is not directed through a fixed set of gears.  If they're
1-speeds, how do they generate & couple the torque to get started,
& how come the revs sound relatively high?  A lot of
freights have 2 or 3 engines coupled together.  How do they
synchronize them?
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