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Posted: Dec 09 2015 (17:46)
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================= How Diesel Locomotives Work ===================
The Engine and Generator
The main engine in this locomotive is a General Motors EMD 710 series engine. The "710" means that each cylinder in this turbocharged, two-stroke, diesel V-12 has a displacement of 710 cubic inches (11.6 L). That's more than double the size of most of the biggest gasoline V-8 car engines -- and...
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================= How Diesel Locomotives Work ===================
The Engine and Generator
The main engine in this locomotive is a General Motors EMD 710 series engine. The "710" means that each cylinder in this turbocharged, two-stroke, diesel V-12 has a displacement of 710 cubic inches (11.6 L). That's more than double the size of most of the biggest gasoline V-8 car engines -- and...
more...
5 Public Posts - Wed Dec 09, 2015
4 stroke engine has one power stroke in 4. 2 stroke has one in two.
Hence you have power availiable at output twice as many times in 2 stroke as in 4 stroke.
Where power considerations are significant 2 stroke is used.
Hence you have power availiable at output twice as many times in 2 stroke as in 4 stroke.
Where power considerations are significant 2 stroke is used.
1 Public Posts - Wed Dec 09, 2015