> Especially that rail thing, only one third from power plant reaching the locomotive is normal. Link please. Because that would be a terrible performance fig

> Especially that rail thing, only one third from power plant reaching the locomotive is normal. Link please. Because that would be a terrible performance figure for a high power system like that. Worst possible loss figures I've been able to find for our grid are 15% losses between the power plant and the plug, and that's including the losses in low-voltage distribution (400 V 50 Hz three-phase). Modern rail runs at 25 kV/50 Hz single-phase. 66% losses would be mind-boggling. As per [1], the expected losses for powering 25 kV rail are around 7% including conversion between transmission lines and the traction lines. So even including losses between the power plant and the conversion substation, they should definitely be significantly below 20%. [1] https://vts.cd.cz/documents/168518/195369/3201.pdf/9a95e429-60d6-4903-ba9d-164e4245ee2d https://vts.cd.cz/documents/168518/195369/3201.pdf/9a95e429-...