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I took that diesel ICE in 2008. It blew my mind as well. Another thing I noticed about that train is that it seemed to have discrete gears. I don't know if that

I took that diesel ICE in 2008. It blew my mind as well. Another thing I noticed about that train is that it seemed to have discrete gears. I don't know if that's true but my impression was that the train would accelerate and change gears just like in a car/truck (as opposed to a diesel-electric train where the diesel engine generates electricity for an electric motor that drives the wheels).

Animats 8y ago
Diesel locomotives with mechanical transmissions are rare today, but they do exist. Hitachi still makes such transmissions.[1] Here's a train in the UK equipped that way.[2] [1] http://www.hitachi-nico.jp/en/product/land/transmission/diesel_locomotive/index.html http://www.hitachi-nico.jp/en/product/land/transmission/dies... [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdFCQE61mSA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdFCQE61mSA