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  • elucubra@sopuli.xyz
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    5 days ago

    In Spain there are a lot of electrified tracks, and all high speed tracks are, but many tracks are electrified near urban areas, and not electrified in vast rural areas. Intercity trains are Diesel electric, running on electricity when they can, and switching to diesel for the rest. I’ve wondered why they don’t replace the diesel engines with batteries, to be charged while running on catenaries, to run the trains on the non electrified segments.