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Show Most Powerful Diesel Locomotive Hauling Fruit From Florida Fruit From Florida H J T ""k " " 'in" 'V -1$. Z' i ' ' - r ;tfHr The most powerful diesel locomotive loco-motive unit in the world has been completed by the Baldwin locomotive locomo-tive works. The new streamlined giant generates 3,000 horsepower, one-third more power than ever before be-fore has been placed in one cab of a diesel locomotive. The first of these great machines has been put into fast freight service hauling fresh fruits and vegetables from Florida to the northern markets on j the Seaboard air line railway. It is restricted to a top speed of 85 J miles per hour, but actually capable of 120 miles per hour. - The new locomotive is powered by two engines, each having eight cyl- i indcrs in line. Normally, these two engines are l .000 horsepower . each, but the addition of turbo-supcrchnrgers turbo-supcrchnrgers ad:ls somewhat more than 500 horsepower to each. Each of these drives a generator. |