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Hey! I'm a diesel locomotive. I don't work the same way my steam buddy does. Let me show you how a
diesel engine works: There's a big fuel tank underneath the locomotive.
It holds diesel fuel, which is kind of like the gasoline that makes cars run. Now, this
diesel fuel powers a big diesel motor, with pistons and a drive shaft and everything.
Again, just like a car. But here's where it gets kind of neat. The
drive shaft of the diesel motor is attached to a generator. What to know what the generator
generates? It's electricity, the same kind of energy that lights up your lights, runs
your computer and TVs, and keeps the food cold in your refrigerator.
So this electricity from the generator goes to a number of electric motors attached to
the wheels of the diesel engine. At the same time, a fan at the top of the engine forces
air down onto these motors to keep them cool. Don't want them to burn up, do you? These
are called traction motors and when the juice hits them -- Woo-hoo! The diesel locomotive
moves forward. It's all kind of neat, isn't it?
Through the night to the early sunrise Travelling along on those railroad ties
Thru the hills and the western skies I see lots and lots of big trains
Through the tunnels by the ocean shore Listen to those diesel engines roar
From Birmingham to Baltimore I see Lots and Lots of Big Trains
Lots and Lots of big trains Big Trains
Coming round the bend and headed down the track
Lots and Lots of big trains Big Trains
Coming round the bend and headed down the track
I love to listen to the sound of that clickety clack
See the sights and hear the sounds By the cities and through the towns
From the morning sunrise til the sun goes down
I see Lots and lots of big trains Day or night rain or shine
Passing by the houses and the railway signs Over the mountains and through the pines
I see Lots and lots of big trains Coming round the bend and headed down the
track Lots and Lots of big trains
Big Trains Coming round the bend and headed down the
track I love to listen to the sound of that clickety
clack Lots and Lots of big trains
Big Trains Coming round the bend and headed down the
track Lots and Lots of big trains
Big Trains Coming round the bend and headed down the
track I love to listen to the sound of that clickety
clack And the smell of the smoke coming out the
stack I'm going to get on board and I'm not coming
back