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A steam turbine locomotive is a steam locomotive which transmits steam power to the wheels via a steam turbine. Numerous attempts at this type of locomotive were made, mostly without success. In the 1930s this type of locomotive was seen as a way both to revitalize steam power and challenge the diesel locomotives then being introduced. ==Advantages== * High efficiency at high speed. * Far fewer moving parts, hence potentially greater reliability. * Conventional piston steam locomotives give a varying, sinusoidal torque, making wheelslip much more likely when starting. * The side rods and valve gear of conventional steam locomotives create horizontal forces that cannot be fully balanced without substantially increasing the vertical forces on the track, known as hammer blow. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Steam turbine locomotive」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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