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Originally Posted by jamesqf
No, it's just the opposite of a diesel-electric train, where the electric motor/generator is only acting as a transmission.
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Diesel runs a generator, generator powers AC induction motors, and also charges a battery bank. EDIT: foot inserted into mouth, i was thinking of the new GE Evolution Locomotives.
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(If trains are hybrids, then so is every car with an automatic transmission a hydraulic hybrid :-)) The Porsche design had both batteries and an IC engine.
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that's a very long stretch since the Locomotives use Hydraulic motors instead of viscous fluid clutches, but yes you would technically be correct