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Diesel locomotive, an Uncommon card
A diesel locomotive is a type of railway locomotive in which the power source is a diesel engine.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 84
- DEF
- 62
- Power
- 146
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 120,000
Power 146 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Diesel locomotive quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Diesel locomotive card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The most common are diesel–electric ______ and diesel–hydraulic.
Answer
locomotives. The most common are diesel–electric locomotives and diesel–hydraulic. From the Diesel locomotive article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Dale Jarrett. Dale Jarrett 90 · Diesel locomotive 84 · James Blake 81 · Shawne Merriman 75 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Several types of diesel locomotives have been developed, differing mainly in the means by which mechanical power is conveyed to the driving wheels.
- The most common are diesel–electric locomotives and diesel–hydraulic.
- Early internal combustion locomotives and railcars used kerosene and gasoline as their fuel.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Diesel locomotive article was read about 120,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 84 and blocks with 62: each hit it takes is cut by 25 %.
How to get Diesel locomotive
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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The cards just above and just below Diesel locomotive in the power ranking, all domains together.
- ChaparralUncommon · Nature · ATK 74 DEF 72
- Clermont-FerrandUncommon · Society · ATK 74 DEF 72
- CombustionUncommon · Nature · ATK 77 DEF 69
- Evaporative coolerUncommon · Science · ATK 79 DEF 67
- Hashim AmlaUncommon · History · ATK 72 DEF 74
- James BlakeUncommon · Society · ATK 81 DEF 65
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Diesel locomotive (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Andrey Kurmelyov, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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