New Railway Travelling Predicted.
What is to take the place of the steam locomotive was considered by Mr. F. W. Lancaster in a British Association paper. After nearly a century of service with uncharged essentials, the- passing of this machine seems to be near at hand, and railway development is progressing along the two-distinct lines of complete electrification and the adoption of internal combustion engines. .In the former system, the prime mover is stationary, the power being transmitted to the locomotive electrically. The use of the internal combustion engine is taking two forms—that of turning the wheels directly, in the old way, and that of serving as a portable power station, generating electric power.
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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 27 November 1914, Page 3
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114New Railway Travelling Predicted. Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 27 November 1914, Page 3
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