> Literally nobody has done this Not entirely true. Diesel-Electric Locomotives though colloquially called 'Diesel trains' but they do what you are proposing.

> Literally nobody has done this Not entirely true. Diesel-Electric Locomotives though colloquially called 'Diesel trains' but they do what you are proposing. And this tech is from 1930s-40s. https://www.up.com/aboutup/special_trains/diesel-electric/index.htm https://www.up.com/aboutup/special_trains/diesel-electric/in...