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Diesel Electric Locomotive By Foell & Thompson 1946 685 pages HC
Diesel-Electric Locomotive By Charles Foell & ME Thompson
Copyright 1946
685 pages
Hard Cover Writing on first blank page, tape inside back cover top edge.
Contents
Preface V
CHAPTER 1
History and Development 1
CHAPTER 2
Advantages of Diesel-Electric Locomotive 15
CHAPTER 3
Classes of Locomotives
Construction and Component Parts 29
CHAPTER 4
The Engine-Generator Assembly 55
CHAPTER 5
Traction Motors and Final Drive 79
CHAPTER 6
Propulsion ControlMain and Accessory 93
CHAPTER 7
Power Plant ControlsMiscellaneous 127
CHAPTER 8
Locomotive Selection 141
CHAPTER 9
The Diesel Cycle 153
CHAPTER 10
Diesel EnginesTypes and Styles 169
CHAPTER 11
Locomotive Diesel Engines 205
CHAPTER 12
Locomotive Diesel Engines (Continued) 253
CHAPTER 13
Fuels and Combustion 295
CHAPTER 14
Fuel SystemsJerk Pump Types 319
CHAPTER 15
Fuel SystemsDistributor and Common-Rail Types 349
CHAPTER 16
Lubricants and Lubrication 379
CHAPTER 17
Major Locomotive Accessories 399
CHAPTER 18
TrucksBrakes 423
CHAPTER 19
Diesel LocomotivesMechanical and Hydraulic Drive Types 445
CHAPTER 20
Engineering FundamentalsMechanical 463
CHAPTER 21
Engineering FundamentalsMagnetic and Electrical 503
CHAPTER 22
MaintenanceGeneral 537
CHAPTER 23
MaintenanceDiesel Engine 573
CHAPTER 24
MaintenanceGenerators and Motors 603
CHAPTER 25
MaintenanceAuxiliary Electrical and Mechanical Items 629
CHAPTER 26
Miscellaneous Notes on Operation and Maintenance 645
Preface
The short space of about 3 decades has seen the American Diesel-electric locomotive emerge from an idea to a proven form of railroad motive power. These 3 decades, in turn, may be viewed as the periods 1914-1924, the birth of the idea; 1924-1934, the testing or proving period; 1934-1944, the acceptance of the idea-the era of the streamliner, so to say, in which the approval of railroad operating personnel and the traveling public demonstrated that the Diesel-electric was here to stay.
While good looks and flashing performance will always appeal to the public, owners and operators must be concerned over the more prosaic things such as operating cost, working ability, etc., and it is in those points that the superiority of the Diesel-electric locomotive has been so pronounced. It has been just good enough so that from a standing start 20 years ago. when the first Alco-G.E.-Ingersoll-Rand Diesel swItcher was produced, this form of power has grown to where several thousand Diesel-electrics are in use on Class I railroads alone.
To these must be added the many Diesel units operated by the secondary railroads, short lines, industrial railroads, and government agencies, which in the aggregate represent a substantial percentage of all the locomotives in use in this country. And, the number of Diesel locomotives continues to increase rapidly as new units daily enter service for the first time.
In the authors' opinion, two factors, far more than any other, have been reponsible for the present favorable state of Diesel-electric railroad motive power. These are-Standardization and Availability.
Standardization- enabled the manufacturers to produce good equipment at a reasonable cost, and to institute practical service and repair parts facilities. Availability, the ability to work almost uninterruptedly around the clock, has made secure the Diesel-electric's place on the railroad.
Both these factors were a novelty to railroading when first introduced-practically every steam locomotive built was special to a lesser or greater degree; and no steam locomotive could ever begin to work around the clock because of the inevitable down-time occasioned by regular trips to the roundhouse.
The continued Dieselization of the railroads appears to be beyond dispute, as far as can be determined by factors now existing, or likely to present themselves in the predictable future.
Said one experienced Diesel-electric railroader recently, "Railroading is a huge factory, turning out transportation for men and materials. To remain a going business, it must spend less than it receives; It is next to Impossible to cut down below present costs for many of the items it requires, and the item of motive power remains the significant point of attack where costs are concerned. Diesel-electrics are demonstarting their ability to cut costs, so their expanding use is inevitable."
With the growth here outlined, it is reasonable to conclude there has arisen a demand for an authoritative book dealing with the Diesel-electric locomotive. This book, therefore, is planned to give a factual, instructive presentation of the Diesel-electric locomotive; its history, advantages, engineering, construction, operation, general principles of maintenance, and selection to meet various conditions of expected use. The authors have presented basic material.
The chapters on Engineering Fundamentals will be found adequate for all ordinary purposes by the reader who has little or no knowledge of the engineering art. At the same time, the reader who may feel amply qualified along this line, can elect to avoid these chapters, and to enter at once into the portions dealing directly with the Diesel engine, the Diesel-electric plant, and the locomotive as a whole.
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