Ground ambulances are generally much less expensive, with an average emergency run coming in at $800 to $2,000, depending on the region and other factors, according to J.D. Fuiten, secretary of the American Ambulance Association. During an emergency, when the aircraft show up, there's usually no mention of money.
The traditional electric motor on a diesel-electric or electric locomotive is a DC motor. Internally, DC motors have two main components: the stator is the stationary outside part of a motor. The armature is the inner part which rotates.
By the time the final 2-8-0âs were constructed in the 1940âs over 33,000 had been in use on American railroadsâ¦more than any other type of steam locomotive built in this country. Eventually, Southern Railway came to the point where it owned the largest fleet of 2-8-0âs in the South.