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Old 02-04-2012, 01:01 PM   #30 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Ladogaboy View Post
Either way, converting over to full-electric from diesel-electric would be a good idea, but I'd be concerned with the cost of developing that infrastructure. The system would have to provide almost 5,000 amps of current to each engine.
Don't have to develop anything, just buy it off the shelf from European train equipment manufacturers - something like 80% of European rail is electric.
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