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>Adding electric motors and a battery to diesel trains JUST for carbon capture seems foolish. There's no such thing as a train propelled by a diesel engine. A
by midoridensha 4y ago
>Adding electric motors and a battery to diesel trains JUST for carbon capture seems foolish.
There's no such thing as a train propelled by a diesel engine.
All "diesel trains" are diesel-electric. They use electric motors for propulsion, and for braking as well. Normally, there's a big resistive grid on the roof where the power is dumped.
- jayelbe 4y agoThat's categorically untrue. Diesel-electric trains are not uncommon, but there are many, many trains driven directly mechanically or hydraulically by the diesel engines. Nearly rode on one these just yesterday: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_150 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_150
- midoridensha 4y agoI stand corrected: some really backwards countries still have crappy old trains that run purely on diesel. In America, all the freight trains and diesel passenger trains are diesel-electric, and have been for many decades. And America isn't even much of a leader in passenger rail. I guess I shouldn't be too surprised about the UK; this is a country that still doesn't know how to make a single water faucet that combines hot and cold water.