Which country introduced the world's first diesel locomotive in 1912?

A diesel locomotive is a type of railway locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engine. Several types of diesel locomotives have been developed, differing mainly in the means by which mechanical power is conveyed to the driving wheels.

In 1906, Rudolf Diesel, Adolf Klose and the steam and diesel engine manufacturer Gebrüder Sulzer founded Diesel-Sulzer-Klose GmbH to manufacture diesel-powered locomotives.

Sulzer had been manufacturing Diesel engines since 1898. The Prussian State Railways ordered a diesel locomotive from the company in 1909, and after test runs between Winterthur and Romanshorn the diesel–mechanical locomotive was delivered in Berlin in September 1912.

The world's first diesel-powered locomotive was operated in the summer of 1912 on the Winterthur–Romanshorn railroad in Switzerland, but was not a commercial success. During further test runs in 1913 several problems were found. After the First World War broke out in 1914, all further trials were stopped. The locomotive weight was 95 tonnes and the power was 883 kW with a maximum speed of 100 km/h. Small numbers of prototype diesel locomotives were produced in a number of countries through the mid-1920s.

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Fleuriefirst

Switzerland the correct answer was not given as an option!

LibraryLady

Oooh... poorly worded question....all hinging on the word "introduced". One could say it was introduced by a company in Germany, and introduced to the world in the country of Switzerland. I kind of thought that the purpose of this game/questions was to learn trivia, not to try to create "trick" or ambiguous questions.

Special Patrol Group

Carol White strikes again. Sulzer Ltd. is a Swiss industrial engineering and manufacturing firm, founded by Salomon Sulzer-Bernet in 1775 and established as Sulzer Brothers Ltd. (Gebrüder Sulzer) in 1834 in Winterthur, Switzerland.

Nancy Chisholm

The correct answer is Switzerland.

Stephen Knapp

Patricia Viater

Correct answer is Switzerland

fdeisner

In 1903 the first oil tanker propelled by a diesel engine is launched and in 1904, the French build the first diesel-powered submarine. It was until 1912 that the first train with a diesel engine was introduced by the Danish. That would make the country Denmark. This is on the automostory website

kite005

Caroline Weis, That's what happened to me. Got me by surprise.

Caroline Weis

That was a twist of fate. The choice of answers didn't have Switzerland as an option. Germany was there, but it came out as Switzerland which is correct. Somebody better research their clues better.

John W Shreve

Fleuriefirst, "s.w.i.t.z.e.r.l.a.n.d." does not spell Lithuania.

tbear

Fleuriefirst, it was when I answered the question! 2/5/21 😊👍

Richard G Schwartz

What were the problems that were found in 1913?

Howard Groopman

Made sense if you knew Rudolf Diesel was German.

mikemerr

Actually Switzerland was the correct answer, but was not one of the choices

earlepg

Not to jump on a bandwagon, but between delivered and operated, I would choose operated. It should therefore have been Switzerland. At least, not being an option, Switzerland was not marked as incorrect.

jack patti go

Switzerland id the correct answer! Gettng tired of mising questions! Thats not fun!

Gemma

OMG it strikes again, don't know about anyone else I have never seen any questions from this person for review, do they just slip through !!!! It just continues to bemuse me ???