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Old 10-14-2010, 09:46 AM   #77 (permalink)
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I'm not saying that a locomotive couldn't be made into a hybrid, with some serious batteries (or capacitors, same thing basically) and controller. It should be pretty obvious that is all that is missing to make it a hybrid. But the typical diesel-electric is not a hybrid. Saying it uses a "hybrid driveline" only confuses the issue, something GM would do

From your own link:
Clarke estimated that there are 7,000 diesel locomotives in branch operations in North America.

"We plan to turn some into hybrids," he said.
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