Diesel locomotive Dv12s. In the 21st century series production standard gauge diesel–hydraulic designs include the Voith Gravita, ordered by Deutsche Bahn, and the Vossloh G2000, G1206 and G1700 designs, all manufactured in Germany for freight use. Steam-diesel hybrid locomotives can use steam generated from a boiler or diesel to power a piston engine. The "Cristiani Compressed Steam System" used a diesel engine to power a compressor to drive and recirculate steam produced by a boiler; effectively using steam as the power transmission medium, with the diesel engine being the prime mover The diesel-pneumatic locomotive was of interest in the 1930s because it
Diesel Locomotive Factory, Marhowra US $6 billion. This multi crore rupees deal was seen as the country's first FDI in the railway sector. General Electric’s first diesel locomotive arrived in India on October 11, 2017 from the US. The factory is located at Marhaura (also spelt as Marhowrah), a town and an administrative sub-divisional area in Saran district in the Indian state of Bihar. Marhowrah is 81 km north of state capital Patna. As a joint venture company, both Indian Railways and General Electric are set to invest collectively a huge amount of US $2.5 billion for DLF. Indian Railways will hold 26% equity