electrodiesel

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noun

A locomotive that can be powered either from an electricity supply or by using the onboard diesel engine.

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Meanings

nounelectrodiesel (plural electrodiesels)

plural electrodiesels · alternative electro-diesel

  1. rail transportA locomotive that can be powered either from an electricity supply or by using the onboard diesel engine.
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    Six of the locomotives will be of the "electro-diesel" type, which is entirely new to Britain. They will be built at Doncaster Works for the Southern Region. These electro-diesel locomotives are designed to operate as diesel-electric locomotives on non-electrified sidings and main lines, using electric power supplied by a 600-h.p. diesel engine-driven generator, or as electric locomotives when on electrified lines.

    1959 November 28, “Notes and News: Locomotive Notes”, in Railway Magazine, page 805

Origin

From electro- + diesel.

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APA

electrodiesel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electrodiesel

MLA

“electrodiesel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electrodiesel. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “electrodiesel,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electrodiesel.

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