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File:Live diesel trotfox.JPG|[https://web.archive.org/web/20010606172209/http://www.coyotes.org/~trotfox/projects/loco/loco.html Live diesel motor connected to generator/starter] | File:Live diesel trotfox.JPG|[https://web.archive.org/web/20010606172209/http://www.coyotes.org/~trotfox/projects/loco/loco.html Live diesel motor connected to generator/starter] | ||
Revision as of 11:55, 15 January 2016
Live diesel refers to any scale model locomotive that is powered just as full sized diesel electrics are powered. That is, a diesel engine powering a generator, which in turn powers traction motors.
The most common example is G-scale locomotive "conversions" that use single-cylinder diesel motors.
Gallery
Wada Works Burlington Zephyr live diesel locomotives.
OS 40 FS Engines Mounted in a Gauge 1 Garden Locomotive: Diesel Electric
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Jerry Hyde of Hyde-Out Mountain Live Steam
Live Diesel Electric model locomotive NP F7, followed by a British Class 66 live diesel. You MUST watch the Class 66 at 2:47 in the video push a brick sitting on the track!
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