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This one is diesel even if it is under overhead lines: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plik:SA132-008_Pozna%C5%84_RB8.JPG https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plik:SA132

by hawski 3y ago

This one is diesel even if it is under overhead lines: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plik:SA132-008_Pozna%C5%84_RB8.JPG https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plik:SA132-008_Pozna%C5%84_RB8... Some more: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_spalinowych_zespo%C5%82%C3%B3w_trakcyjnych_i_wagon%C3%B3w_eksploatowanych_w_Polsce https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_spalinowych_zespo%C5%82%... This view was common for me some years ago: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/SM42#/media/File:SM42-838_Grudziadz_Poc._Czersk_-_Grudziadz.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/SM42#/media/File:SM42-838...

kube-system 3y ago
That seems like a silly choice, since most diesel trains are diesel-electric... which is a design that can easily be modified to run dual-mode.
- dontlaugh 3y ago
  They probably mean diesel despite the picture chosen not making it obvious.
  - kube-system 3y ago
    ??? They said diesel.
    - dontlaugh 3y ago
      Yes. They’re saying that it’s an example of a diesel locomotive, despite the picture suggesting it may be electric only.
      - kube-system 3y ago
        I translated the polish language page it is on and it sounds like it is diesel with a mechanical drive.
        hawski 3y ago
        If I understand correctly those are just somewhat cheaper per unit and some of them do run on lines that are not electrified. So it happens that a diesel train runs entirely (or often partially) on electrified lines like in the photo I gave. I said "diesel" as a mental shortcut for diesel and diesel-electric, but certainly not for electro-diesel.