Word: diesel
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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ALLIS-CHALMERS is planning to buy famed old Buda Co. (diesel engines, railroad and mining equipment), hopes to sign final papers within a few weeks. The deal, which would increase Allis-Chalmers' sales by an estimated $40 million, would also give it a wholly owned source for the diesel engines that power its heavy tractors and construction equipment . . . Houston's First and Second National Banks are negotiating a merger which would combine assets totaling one-half billion dollars, make the new bank the largest in Houston, third largest in Texas...
Propane Locomotive. The first propane gas turbine locomotive has been developed by the Union Pacific Railroad, Richfield Oil and General Electric. The 276-ton unit, which the U.P. plans to use on its Los Angeles-Salt Lake City freight run, can deliver 4,800 h.p., more than three diesel units operated together. The U.P. expects maintenance costs to be low because propane burns without leaving carbon-like deposits on the turbine blades, a fault of coal-and oil-driven turbines...
...trim, new, diesel-powered ship, the Marquette, pulled alongside its dock at Chicago last week, leather-faced Captain André Senft, 40, broke out a bottle of champagne and drank a toast to Chicago. It was the first time a vessel flying the French flag had touched shore there since Father Marquette beached his frail canoe...
...cars. One out of every 15 production workers is a tester, who makes sure each car meets exacting requirements. Engine parts are machined to fine tolerances, each engine is tested on a block for from four to twelve hours. Daimler-Benz makes eight models of Mercedes, including two diesel-powered ones, which range from the relatively inexpensive four-cylinder 170 V ($1,890 and about 60 h.p.) to the six-cylinder 300 S (about 190 h.p.). With their old-fashioned bodies, they resemble 1936, and older, U.S. cars. Their high-geared steering, a feature of road racers, is as hard...
...west bank of the Thamos and will travel from New London to the finish line at Bartlett's Cove. The four-mile varsity race and the two-mile freshman and JV races will finish at Bartlett's Cove. The train will have 14 cars with a diesel and a grille car at both ends. There is room for 980 passengers, and the train leaves from New London at 5:35 p.m. The Yardlings race at 6 p.m., the JVs at 6:45, and the varsity...