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>you can string wires along the rails relatively easily, and power everything directly with electricity - Except all freight trains in the US have 6600 HP dies
by libertyEQ 9y ago
>you can string wires along the rails relatively easily, and power everything directly with electricity -
Except all freight trains in the US have 6600 HP diesel engines, usually ~6-8 engines per 100 cars from what I've seen (which is mostly coal).
- int_19h 9y agoUS is an outlier in that regard. In other developed countries, railroads are mostly electrified.