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Davenport Locomotive Works

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The Davenport Locomotive Works, of Davenport, Iowa, USA was formed as the W W Whitehead Company in 1901. [1]

34 relations: Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, Boonville, Indiana, Broad-gauge railway, Canadian Locomotive Company, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, Colorado Railroad Museum, Davenport, Iowa, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, Diesel locomotive, Diesel–electric transmission, Fireless locomotive, Gasoline, H.K. Porter, Inc., Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum, Illawarra Light Railway Museum, Internal combustion engine, Locomotive, Missouri Pacific Railroad, NSW Kiama, R. G. LeTourneau, St. Louis–San Francisco Railway, Switcher, Torque converter, Track gauge, Trench railways, United States, United States Army, United States Army Transportation Corps class S100, Variable gauge, William George Besler, World War I, World War II, 0-6-0.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, often referred to as the Santa Fe or AT&SF, was one of the larger railroads in the United States.

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Boonville, Indiana

Boonville is a city in Boon Township, Warrick County, Indiana, United States.

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Broad-gauge railway

A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge broader than the standard-gauge railways.

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Canadian Locomotive Company

The Canadian Locomotive Company, commonly referred to as CLC, was a Canadian manufacturer of railway locomotives located in Kingston, Ontario.

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Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad

The Chicago, Milwaukee, St.

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Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad

The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (CRI&P RW, sometimes called Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway) was a Class I railroad in the United States.

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Colorado Railroad Museum

The Colorado Railroad Museum is a non-profit railroad museum.

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Davenport, Iowa

Davenport is the county seat of Scott County in Iowa and is located along the Mississippi River on the eastern border of the state.

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Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad

The Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, often shortened to Rio Grande, D&RG or D&RGW, formerly the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, was an American Class I railroad company.

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Diesel locomotive

A diesel locomotive is a type of railway locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engine.

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Diesel–electric transmission

A diesel–electric transmission, or diesel–electric powertrain, is used by a number of vehicle and ship types for providing locomotion.

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Fireless locomotive

A fireless locomotive is a type of locomotive which uses reciprocating engines powered from a reservoir of compressed air or steam, which is filled at intervals from an external source.

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Gasoline

Gasoline (American English), or petrol (British English), is a transparent, petroleum-derived liquid that is used primarily as a fuel in spark-ignited internal combustion engines.

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H.K. Porter, Inc.

H.K. Porter, Inc. (Porter) manufactured light-duty railroad locomotives in the US, starting in 1866.

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Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum

The Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum (initialised HOD, reporting mark HODX) is the official state railroad museum of Alabama.

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Illawarra Light Railway Museum

The Illawarra Light Railway Museum operates a mainline narrow gauge light railway, a miniature gauge railway, and a museum located near Albion Park Rail near Wollongong, south of Sydney, New South Wales.

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Internal combustion engine

An internal combustion engine (ICE) is a heat engine where the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer (usually air) in a combustion chamber that is an integral part of the working fluid flow circuit.

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Locomotive

A locomotive or engine is a rail transport vehicle that provides the motive power for a train.

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Missouri Pacific Railroad

The Missouri Pacific Railroad, commonly abbreviated MoPac, with nickname of The Mop, was one of the first railroads in the United States west of the Mississippi River.

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NSW Kiama

NSW Kiama was a steam locomotive seeing service in New South Wales.

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R. G. LeTourneau

Robert Gilmour LeTourneau (November 30, 1888 – June 1, 1969), was born in Richford, Vermont, and was a prolific inventor of earthmoving machinery.

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St. Louis–San Francisco Railway

The St.

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Switcher

A switcher or shunter (Great Britain: shunter; Australia: shunter or yard pilot; United States: switcher, switch engine, or yard goat, except Pennsylvania Railroad: shifter) is a small railroad locomotive intended not for moving trains over long distances but rather for assembling trains ready for a road locomotive to take over, disassembling a train that has been brought in, and generally moving railroad cars around – a process usually known as ''switching'' (USA) or shunting (UK).

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Torque converter

A torque converter is a type of fluid coupling which transfers rotating power from a prime mover, like an internal combustion engine, to a rotating driven load.

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Track gauge

In rail transport, track gauge is the spacing of the rails on a railway track and is measured between the inner faces of the load-bearing rails.

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Trench railways

Trench railways represented military adaptation of early 20th century railway technology to the problem of keeping soldiers supplied during the static trench warfare phase of World War I. The large concentrations of soldiers and artillery at the front lines required delivery of enormous quantities of food, ammunition and fortification construction materials where transport facilities had been destroyed.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Army Transportation Corps class S100

The United States Army Transportation Corps (USATC) S100 Class is a 0-6-0 steam locomotive that was designed for switching (shunting) duties in Europe and North Africa during World War II.

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Variable gauge

A variable gauge system allows railway vehicles in a train to travel across a break of gauge caused by two railway networks with differing track gauges.

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William George Besler

William George Besler (March 30, 1865 - May 20, 1942) was president of the Central Railroad of New Jersey.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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0-6-0

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles and no trailing wheels.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davenport_Locomotive_Works

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