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Re:Toyota is quietly pushing Congress to slow the shift to e... by theshrike79 on Monday July 26, 2021 @03:49PM (#27964474)
AFAIK many if not most trains (in Europe at least) are diesel-electric.

The drive train is electric, they're just running a diesel generator to power them.

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Re:Toyota is quietly pushing Congress to slow the shift to e... by Ma8ee on Monday July 26, 2021 @05:27PM (#27965727)
I didn't know, so your comment prompted me to do some reading. Apparently diesel-electric is what has been in use more or less from the start. It's too hard to make clutches usable for trains.
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