TALK: Diesel-Electric Locomotives and Environmental Sustainability

Environmentalist and life-long rail fan Walter Simpson will present his new information-packed, beautifully illustrated book which explains in detail:

•     How all energy-related components of a contemporary diesel-electric locomotive work

•     Locomotive fuel economy measures shrouded in secrecy by the railroad industry

•     Emissions regulation and technology

•     Railroad motive power options to address the threat of climate change

The Museum’s model railroad layout will be open and running 5-6 pm and the Singing Brakemen will sing train songs beginning at 5:30. Walter’s book will be available at special event discount price. 

Admission: Museum members free; others $5. 

For more information about Simpson’s book, see www.diesel-electric-locomotives.com. For more information about this event, email enconser@buffalo.edu

Sponsors: The Buffalo History Museum. Co-sponsored by the Citizens for Regional Transit, Niagara Frontier Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society, Partnership for the Public Good, Sierra Club Niagara Group, WNY Environmental Alliance, WNY Peace Center, WNY Railway Historical Society.

Distinguished Lecture: Climate Change Denial in the Age of Trump

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WHEN: Friday, April 28, 8:30 AM - 10:45 AM

WHERE: University at Buffalo,  Davis 101, North Campus, Amherst

Free and Open to the Public 

 

Dr. Mann is a well-known and distinguished climate scientist. He is author of more than 200 peer-reviewed and edited publications, and has published three books including Dire Predictions: Understanding Climate Change, The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines, and most recently, The Madhouse Effect with Washington Post editorial cartoonist Tom Toles. 

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