diesel locomotive

Japanese: diesel locomotive(英語表記)diesellocomotive
diesel locomotive

...A locomotive powered by a diesel engine. In Japan, it is sometimes abbreviated to DL, which is the abbreviation of the English "diesel locomotive."
[history]
The first diesel locomotive was built in Germany in 1910. This German-made diesel locomotive was equipped with a Sulzer diesel engine that drove an air compressor, which in turn drove the wheels.

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "diesel locomotive" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ディーゼルエンジンを動力源とした機関車。日本では英語のdiesel locomotiveの頭文字をとってDLと略称されることもある。
[歴史]
 1910年にドイツで製作されたのが最初といわれているが,このドイツ製のディーゼル機関車はズルツァー社製ディーゼルエンジンを搭載し,これで空気圧縮機を動かし圧縮空気で動輪を駆動する方式のものであった。…

※「diesel locomotive」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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