To: CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC
IIRC, engines have generators to power the electric motors that propel them. They sound like they are driven by diesle engines, but the’re electric. Strange, but true...
16 posted on
04/27/2019 10:52:45 AM PDT by
W.
(NRA life member! Cost me 500 bones, but oh, well!)
To: W.
The electric motors are powered by a diesel generator. The diesel powers the train, but doesn’t drive it.
CC
27 posted on
04/27/2019 12:07:03 PM PDT by
Celtic Conservative
(My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV)
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