Meanings
noundieseldom (uncountable)
- literaryuncommonuncountablerail transportthe state of being dieselised, or having achieved dieselisation with the introduction of diesel locomotives.
The Alco C-628s had arrived, and the Hoosier Line entered the big leagues of dieseldom.
2002, Monon: The Hoosier Line, by Gary W. Dolzall and Stephen F. Dolzall, Indiana University Press, →ISBN1 more example
The Texas J1's were eminently satisfactory, but the railroad's disinclination to buy anybody else's ideas was expressed in a rash of duplex-drive 4-4-4-4 and 4-4-6-4 engines after the war. Their theory was admirable but their performance hastened the day of dieseldom.
1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co.
Origin
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dieseldom. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dieseldom
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