Showing posts with label diesel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label diesel. Show all posts

Sunday, January 27, 2019

TRAINS: Worlds largest diesel locomotive on the Cheyenne turntable DD40X 6936.



The largest diesel ever made for railroad use gets turned on the largest turntable ever made for railroad use: a Union Pacific DD40X in Cheyenne, Wyoming. 

SCIENCE: The Engine That Powers the World



The most important technology BY FAR of the 21st Century was actually developed in the later days of the 19th: the diesel engine.

2019-01-27  [P-B]

SCIENCE: How to Make Petrol or Gas from Crude Oil.



How to take Texas crude oil, and turn it into something that powers cars and trucks.   It's all about heat.

2019-01-27  [P-B]