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Both were withdrawn from service in June 1953, due to dieselisation.

Nevertheless, despite the freight work and dieselisation in 1973 the line closed.

Dieselisation took place largely because of the reduction in operating costs it allowed.

The class had relatively short lives of between 12 and 24 years, as they succumbed to dieselisation.

The class was withdrawn from service after 1967, with the last example removed upon the completion of dieselisation in 1970.

Despite the improvement to passenger services upon dieselisation, a period of decline had already begun.

The last of these locomotives was withdrawn in 1968 due to dieselisation.

From the mid-1950s, dieselisation impacted the utilisation of the K class.

Part of the justification for dieselisation was the reduction of movement costs.

Despite the dieselisation of passenger services in 1952 and freight in 1953 the system was still closed.

However the ready availability of cheap oil led to new dieselisation programmes from 1955 and these began to take full effect from around 1962.

There was minimal increase, if any, in passenger journeys and revenues on the line as a result of dieselisation.

Dieselisation was gradually implemented in Suffolk from the 1950s onwards.

This work was instrumental in bringing about the dieselisation of railroads in the 1940s and 1950s.

With the dieselisation of lines, passenger operations were generally carried out using diesel railbuses.

These advantages are especially attractive in locomotives (see dieselisation).

In most countries dieselisation of locomotives in day-to-day use was completed by the 1970s.

Great Northern - dieselisation completed in 1957.

Illinois Central - dieselisation completed in 1959.

National Coal Board - dieselisation completed in 1982.

Southern Railway - dieselisation completed in 1953.

Grand Trunk Western - dieselisation completed in 1960.

They operated right up until dieselisation.

Southern Pacific Railroad - dieselisation completed in 1958.

Magma Arizona Railroad - dieselisation began and completed in 1968 (only one locomotive).

The Great Western was also an early proponent of dieselization.

Dieselization was completed 11 years later, with its last steam locomotive running on 6 November 1960.

The 2-8-2 was one of the more common configurations in the first half of the 20th century, before dieselization.

The electrification was discontinued in 1952 when dieselization made it unnecessary.

The railway began dieselization in 1958, but some steam locos were still operating 20 years later.

By the early 1950s, the majority of American railroads had decided to transition from steam to diesel power, known as dieselization.

One important development at this time was the company's "dieselization" Program that converted its gas-powered trucks to diesel.

WM began dieselization in 1949, starting with the eastern end of the system, farthest from the coalfields it served.

It was also a decade of extensive dieselization, from railroad locomotives to farm tractors and construction equipment.

While he was in leadership positions, Southern Pacific began a $3 billion modernization program, which included full locomotive dieselization.

Seaboard Air Line - dieselization completed in 1953.

The significantly better economics of diesel operation triggered a dash to diesel power, a process known as Dieselization.

It is unknown why multiple burners were not employed, though with dieselization in full swing after 1945 the company probably lost interest in steam.

The EJ&E underwent dieselization relatively early.

Lester began to decline in importance as a helper station between 1944-45 as dieselization got underway on the Northern Pacific.

These nine locomotives allowed the dieselization of the Coast Daylight and Lark passenger trains.

All were still on the active roster in May 1953, but all had been retired by the end December 1954 when the railroad completed its dieselization.

The case for dieselization had been compellingly made — almost too compellingly for the health of the locomotive builders.

Dieselisation or dieselization is a term generally used for the increasingly common use of diesel fuel in vehicles, as opposed to gasoline or steam engines.

Following railway dieselization, subsequent coal traffic would be moved by CSL to large fossil-fuel burning electrical power plants.

Only one Yellowstone was retired before dieselization took place on the Missabe; Number 237 was sold for scrap after a wreck.

The dieselization of the Chicago and North Western reduced the Chicago-based railroad's need for an in-house coal supply.

The railroad was also a dieselization pioneer, buying many early diesel locomotives from Alco, General Electric and other manufacturers.

Once dieselization and electrification had fully replaced steam they began to convert diesel lines to electric, but the pace of electrification slowed.

With the advent of dieselization, MU controls have been added to the cabs, so that the pushing locomotives can be controlled from the plow.