diesel-electric in English

noun
1
a diesel-electric locomotive.
Coal burning steam turbines, steam turbine electrics, and even gas turbines, all failed to oust diesel-electrics .
adjective
1
denoting or relating to a locomotive driven by the electric current produced by a diesel-engined generator.
Union Pacific Railroad has ordered 315 diesel-electric locomotives designed to significantly decrease air emissions.

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1. The diesel-electric plant was removed by 1941, along with the small diesel exhaust that had been trunked up the second funnel.

2. Caterpillar is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial turbines and diesel-electric locomotives

3. Like their predecessors, they were true diesel-electric submarines: their four diesel engines powered electrical generators, and electric motors drove the shafts.

4. Compact Bandsaw mill with crank feed, gas/diesel/electric power, 28” log diameter, 17’ 8” log length and production up to 320 bf/hr

5. This paper describes the ALSTOM products used in the Diesel-electric propulsion system , Mermaid Pod system , dynamic positioning system and their influences on the ship performances.

6. The Barbel-class submarines, the last diesel-electric propelled attack submarines built by the United States Navy, incorporated numerous, radical engineering improvements over previous classes.They were the first production warships built with the teardrop-shape hull first tested on the experimental USS Albacore (AGSS-569), and the first to combine the control room, attack center, and conning