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Old 03-24-2011, 11:18 PM   #21 (permalink)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard View Post
Motors are motors, and transmissions are not motors. The transmission is not a power source.
But neither is the motor/generator in a standard diesel-electric locomotive a power source or storage of any kind. It serves exactly the same function as the gears in a manual transmission, or the hydraulics in an automatic, simply transmiting power from engine to wheels while allowing the rotation speed of each to vary.

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