Re:Volvo delivers 74-tonne electric truck
by kube-system on Friday November 17, 2023 @04:36PM
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That seems like a silly choice, since most diesel trains are diesel-electric... which is a design that can easily be modified to run dual-mode.
Re:Volvo delivers 74-tonne electric truck
by dontlaugh on Saturday November 18, 2023 @05:06AM
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They probably mean diesel despite the picture chosen not making it obvious.
Re:Volvo delivers 74-tonne electric truck
by kube-system on Saturday November 18, 2023 @10:57AM
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??? They said diesel.
Re:Volvo delivers 74-tonne electric truck
by dontlaugh on Saturday November 18, 2023 @11:14AM
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Yes. They’re saying that it’s an example of a diesel locomotive, despite the picture suggesting it may be electric only.
Re:Volvo delivers 74-tonne electric truck
by kube-system on Saturday November 18, 2023 @01:38PM
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I translated the polish language page it is on and it sounds like it is diesel with a mechanical drive.
Re:Volvo delivers 74-tonne electric truck
by hawski on Saturday November 18, 2023 @02:07PM
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If I understand correctly those are just somewhat cheaper per unit and some of them do run on lines that are not electrified. So it happens that a diesel train runs entirely (or often partially) on electrified lines like in the photo I gave.
I said "diesel" as a mental shortcut for diesel and diesel-electric, but certainly not for electro-diesel.
Some more: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_spalinowych_zespo%C5%82%...
This view was common for me some years ago: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/SM42#/media/File:SM42-838...