DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE PART ONE

what is Difference between train and Locomotive

A Locomotive is an engine runs on railway track without coaches,but when it hauls wagon/coaches then whole the unit is called TRAIN.

 

 A “Diesel Locomotive” is a self-powered railway vehicle that moves on the rail track and pulls  a train attached to it with a huge internal combustion engine running by Diesel fuel as the prime mover / the primary supplier of power.

🍀LAYOUT OF WDS6 TYPE DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE🍀

what is inside a Diesel locomotive

💦SOME BASIC TERMINILOGIES💤

POWER TAKE OFF END :Main generator.

FREE END :            Expressor/compressor.

SHORT HOOD :               Driver cabin end.

LONG HOOD :              Radiator room end.

IF DUAL CAB :    Cabin 1 is generator end.

                                 Cabin 2 is radiator end.

🔆locomotive right side 

 The right side of the driver standing in the driver's cabin is towards the nose compartment. 

🔆 locomotive left side

 To the left of the driver standing in the driver's cabin towards the nose compartment.

💦SIDES OF THE ENGINE 

🔆 right side of engine  

the driver's right side in the driver's cabin towards the engine room or, Engine FIP SIDE. 

 🔆left side of engine  

1)To the left of the driver standing in the driver's cabin towards the engine room or

2)Lube oil filter side of the engine..Click here for👉 Locomotive Details Part two

 ❓What is The Diesel locomotive engine working principle

 The ignition of diesel fuel pushes pistons connected to an electric generator. as a result electricity powers traction motors connected to the wheels of the locomotive. A “diesel” internal combustion engine use  heat generated from the compression of air during the upward cycles of the stroke to ignite the fuel.

 ❓ What drives a diesel locomotive?

 Diesel Locomotives use electricity to drive forward motion despite'. A large diesel engine turns a shaft which drives a generator it makes electricity. This electrical energy drive  electric motors at the wheels called 'traction motors'.

❓ Which type of engine is used in locomotive?

 Electric locomotives universally use axle-hung traction motors, one motor for each powered axle.

 ❓Why do train engines not turn off?

 Trains, are being large and heavy, hence require the optimal brake line pressure for its effective stopping. For this reasons, loco pilots never compromise with brake line pressure. 

❓How many gallons of diesel  a locomotive hold?

A typical train might haul 3,000 tons of freight 500 miles uses approximately 3,049 gallons of diesel fuel. The efficiency of this freight haul  be calculated as: (3000 tons x 500 miles) / (3,049 gallons) = 492 ton-miles per gallon.

 

❓Why the trains attached two engines?

Reason is one engine  haul the train from the front, the second engine  attached to the rear, giving the extra push to  reduce time taken by the train to accelerate and decelerate.

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