BOB2 Wrote:
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> Or you could just invent a dual mode
> diesel-electric-using third rail pickup or a
> pantograph, and the necessary on-board electronics
> necessary, depending upon voltage, the need to
> invert AC, and such, to switch back and forth
> between pure electric power, and on-board diesel
> generated electric power----
Already been done. First were EMD's FL9's, and more recently GE's P32AC-DM's.
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