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Before diesel engines had been developed for locomotive power in the 1920s and 1930s, many companies chose to use the gasoline engine for rail motive power. The first GE Locomotive was a series of four-axle (B-B) boxcab gasoline-electric machines closely related to the "doodlebugs", self-propelled passenger cars built in the early Twentieth Century.

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rdfs:label	GE 57-ton gas-electric boxcab (en)
rdfs:comment	Before diesel engines had been developed for locomotive power in the 1920s and 1930s, many companies chose to use the gasoline engine for rail motive power. The first GE Locomotive was a series of four-axle (B-B) boxcab gasoline-electric machines closely related to the "doodlebugs", self-propelled passenger cars built in the early Twentieth Century. (en)
foaf:name	GE 57-ton gas-electric boxcab (en)
name	GE 57-ton gas-electric boxcab (en)
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dcterms:subject	Petrol locomotives Standard gauge locomotives of the United States Railway locomotives introduced in 1913 B-B locomotives Diesel locomotives of the United States General Electric locomotives
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	dbr:Central_Warehouse_Company Dan Patch Electric Lines Minneapolis, Anoka and Cuyuna Range Railroad Saint Paul, Minnesota Petrol locomotives Gasoline Gasoline engine GE Oil and Gas General Motors Great Northern Railway (U.S.) Boxcab Minnesota Transportation Museum Dan Patch Line AAR wheel arrangement Standard gauge locomotives of the United States Railway locomotives introduced in 1913 B-B locomotives Diesel locomotives of the United States General Electric locomotives Diesel-electric locomotive Petrol-electric transmission Doodlebug (rail car) Chevrolet Big-Block engine Waukesha Engine Diesel engines Minneapolis, St. Paul, Rochester & Dubuque Electric Traction Company Narrow-gauge
Link from a Wikipage to an external page	http://sbiii.com/boxdp100.html%7C
sameAs	GE 57-ton gas-electric boxcab GE 57-ton gas-electric boxcab GE 57-ton gas-electric boxcab GE 57-ton gas-electric boxcab
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powertype	Gas-Electric (en)
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builder	GE Oil and Gas
currentowner	Minnesota Transportation Museum
operator	dbr:Central_Warehouse_Company Dan Patch Electric Lines Minneapolis, Anoka and Cuyuna Range Railroad Great Northern Railway (U.S.)
has abstract	Before diesel engines had been developed for locomotive power in the 1920s and 1930s, many companies chose to use the gasoline engine for rail motive power. The first GE Locomotive was a series of four-axle (B-B) boxcab gasoline-electric machines closely related to the "doodlebugs", self-propelled passenger cars built in the early Twentieth Century. One of their first major customers was the Minneapolis, St. Paul, Rochester & Dubuque Electric Traction Company, better known as the Dan Patch Electric Lines after the owner's prize horse of the same name. Founded on the principle of not using steam power if they could avoid it, they asked GE to make them a series of locomotives with internal combustion-electric drive, rather than the mechanical drive systems that were proving unsatisfactory for rail propulsion. GE complied, and created a number of locomotives originally claimed to be the first engines using an engine to drive a generator for traction motors. However, historians later determined that a narrow-gauge diesel-electric locomotive had been built in 1912. Matching the power of the prime mover with the traction motors was a complicated task for operators of early gasoline-electric systems, which if mismanaged could result in system damage. General Electric's early experiments with gasoline-electric drive led them to develop control systems to simplify the task and increase efficiency in subsequent years, leading to the more widespread adoption of gasoline and Diesel powered electric drive systems in the 1920s. (en)
aarwheels	B-B (en)
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fueltype	Gasoline
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