Re:Freight rail fueled a new luxury overnight train startup
by PaulHoule on Friday June 06, 2025 @07:52AM
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Many American freight trains are diesel-electric where the locomotive supplies electricity but the motors are distributed. Notably train routes in Western Europe tend to be electrified and get all their energy from a catenary.
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Re:Freight rail fueled a new luxury overnight train startup
by closewith on Friday June 06, 2025 @08:33AM
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99 % of Class I freight locomotives in North America are diesel-electrics where a diesel genset provides power to electric motors on the locomotive. There are - to a rounding error - no freight locomotives provide electrical power to motors on the rake.