Word: dieselization
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Adjustable Diesel. The American Locomotive Co. and General Electric turned over to the Army Transportation Corps the first of 83 new diesel locomotives with adjustable wheels that permit them to run on standard U.S. (56 in.) gauge tracks as well as on wider gauge (up to 66 in.) tracks in foreign countries. The new locomotive has special heating equipment, enabling it to operate at 65° below zero
...rail workers are entitled to benefit from the better productivity of the whole U.S. economy. What made the decision even more surprising is the fact that the feather bedding railroad brotherhoods have stubbornly fought all major productivity improvements in their industry (e.g., a superfluous "fireman" is required on all diesel engines; in 1950, federal mediators ruled out demands for a second "fireman...
...Lost. Last week in a moldering, pagoda-roofed hall in Pusan, once used by Japanese occupiers as a wrestling arena, South Korea's National Assembly met to consider measures for halting the galloping inflation which has made a sad joke of wages and salaries. Diesel oil and kerosene fumes from six U.S. Army space heaters mingled with the heavy smell of garlic in the rear of the hall, where several hundred curious but impassive spectators watched the proceedings...
...Under the Sea. The final voyage of U-977 was by far its most memorable. Snorkel-equipped, but with its periscope accidentally shattered, U-977 stayed submerged-and moved blind-for a record 66 days. Each of the two engines broke down in turn and had to be repaired. Diesel fumes and smoke choked the crew. The bulkheads dripped with green mold. Short of soap and wearing wet clothes washed in salt water, the men broke out in rashes and boils. With half of its fuel gone and only one-third of the trip completed, U-977 finally surfaced. Thereafter...
...fitted out a 23-ft. Bermuda-rigged sloop, Felicity Ann, with a 5-h.p. diesel engine, a radio receiving set, pressure kerosene stove, sextant, compass and chronometer. In May she set sail from Plymouth Harbor. Plagued by storms, she was forced to land in Brittany, Spain, Gibraltar, Casablanca. From Casablanca, she headed for the Canary Islands, was overdue 18 days and given up for lost before she finally made Las Palmas in the Canaries. Last week, 65 days later-and eight months after she started-Ann dropped anchor at Portsmouth, Dominica...