#Diesel-Locomotive

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Impressionen / Impressions Zuid-Limburgse Stoomtrein Maatschappij (ZLSM) South Limburg Steam Railway Company Südlimburger Dampfeisenbahngesellschaft

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Train of the day is: C-50! (Additional page!) ( X )

As evident by the GV(Gazdasági Vasút) in their track numbers, most of these locomotives were made for light/economic railways, but after their decline in the 60's, many were scrapped and used as sources for spare parts, preserved and put on display near narrow gauge stations, or found their way into the rolling stock of narrow gauge tourist railways. A single one of such locomotives was also present in Slovakia(GV 3737) until 2007 at Čiernohronská železnica, after which it was bought, and is now used around Nagybörzsöny and Mátrafüred.

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comrades in arms, drawn to a close together

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Yes hello it’s me bring you a post of my own!

Went to the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway on the 23rd of August for a shed tour at Haworth shed. It was very interesting and ended at just over an hour!

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DC 4594 and 4467 running light loco through Puhinui. (2022)

The days of DC Class/Clyde-EMD G22AR are sadly numbered. With a host of them awaiting export to South Africa in Te Whanganui-a-Tara.

Of course, this is the result of an ongoing modernisation program and the eventual arrival of the new Stadler built DM Class. Of these, a small number will be equipped with European Train Control System (ETCS) meaning that they will be able to run on the suburban network in Tāmaki Makaurau. But I will miss seeing them on the regular.

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Alright people! I have a question for you all.

What locomotive (Steam/Diesel/Electric/Whatever) do you love like it's a favourite of yours, or love so much that it could almost be call an obsession?

(That's NOT a bad thing btw)

For me it's the:

NBR H Class Atlantics

GWR 4000 Class

PRR T1

LNER A1/A3's

VR S Class

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Commission of Oliver and Class 40!

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"California just cracked down on pollution from transportation in two major moves, part of an effort to improve air quality and cut carbon emissions at the same time. 

On Friday, the California Air Resources Board unanimously approved a rule that would ban the sale of diesel big rigs in the state by 2036. The mandate, which will apply to about 1.8 million trucks — including those operated by Amazon, UPS, and the U.S. Postal Service —  is reportedly the first in the world to require trucks to ditch internal combustion engines. The news came one day after California became the first state to adopt standards to limit pollution from trains. 

Trucks and Diesel

The regulations are intended to improve air quality and trim carbon emissions from transportation, the source of about half the state’s greenhouse gases. Trucks and trains spew diesel exhaust, full of soot that contains more than 40 cancer-causing substances, responsible for an estimated 70 percent of Californian’s cancer risk from air pollution. 

The trucking rule requires school buses and garbage trucks to be emissions-free within four years. By 2042, all trucks will be required to be “zero-emission,” meaning there’s no pollution coming out of their tailpipes. The deadline comes sooner for drayage trucks, which transport cargo from ports and railyards to warehouses — typically short routes that require less battery range. New drayage trucks must be “zero-emission” beginning next year, with the rule applying to all drayage trucks on the road in 2035. 

Currently, medium and heavy-duty vehicles account for a fifth of greenhouse gas emissions statewide. In August, California clamped down on pollution from passenger vehicles with a plan to end the sale of new gas-powered cars in the state by 2035.

People breathing pollution from freeways and warehouse hubs have long called for stricter air standards. In the port cities of Long Beach and Los Angeles, some 6,000 trucks pass through every day, exposing residents to high levels of ozone and particulate matter, pollutants linked with a range of problems including respiratory conditions and cardiovascular disease. Long Beach residents who live the closest to ports and freeways have a life expectancy about 14 years shorter compared to people who live further away...

Trains and Locomotives

According to the new rules, the state is banning locomotive engines that are more than 23 years old by 2030. It also bans trains from idling for more than 30 minutes, provided that they are equipped with an engine that can shut off automatically.

The stage for the rule was set by a single line buried in the Biden administration’s proposed auto emissions rules, in which the Environmental Protection Agency said it was considering allowing states to regulate locomotives. Still, California’s new rules may spark a legal battle with the rail industry, which argues that the state doesn’t have the authority to make such sweeping changes.

Though railroads only account for about 2 percent of the country’s carbon emissions from transportation, switching to trains powered by batteries or hydrogen fuel cells would provide some benefits in the effort to tackle climate change. The public health gains would be even bigger: The California Air Resources Board estimates its new rules for trains, passed on Thursday, would lower cancer risk in neighborhoods near rail yards by more than 90 percent.

“This is an absolutely transformative rule to clean our air and mitigate climate change,” Liane Randolph, the chair of the air quality board, said ahead of the vote on the trucking rules on Friday. “We all know there’s a lot of challenges, but those challenges aren’t going to be tackled unless we move forward … if not now, when?”"

-via The Grist, 4/28/23

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Chiemseebahn Diesellok 22 “Lisa” beim “Kopfmachen”

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Die sonst hier im Betrieb befindliche Kastenlokomotive Dampflokomotive von 1887 “Laura” war zur Zeit meines Besuchs in Bayern als Gastlok bei der “Sauerländer Kleinbahn” und bei der “Selfkantbahn” unterwegs in Nordrhein Westfalen. 

Chiemseebahn diesel locomotive 22 "Lisa" "making head".

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The otherwise here in service box locomotive steam locomotive of 1887 "Laura" was at the time of my visit in Bavaria as a guest locomotive with the “Sauerländer Kleinbahn” and with the “Selfkantbahn” on the road in North Rhine-Westphalia.

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Mak  G 1205 Neusser Eisenbahn, Neuss (NVR  98 80 0274 109-4 D-RHC)

Beim Entladen von Ölsaat für eine Ölmühle in Neuss

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Diesel-Hydraulic locomotive at the Ligao Station of the Philippine National Railways.

Mount Mayon, Luzon

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Train of the day is: ČD 700! ( X )

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goin for a swim brb

blub,, glub,bg,,

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And the one I’m sure you’ve been waiting patiently for, Flying Scotsman (ft tiny Scot)

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DL 9233 running through Papatoetoe just after 9am one morning.

I can't remember what train it was on, but it was probably one of the MPs from Tauranga.