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Originally Posted by SlingShot
WOW ... You are living every young boy's dream.
My question, how does that whole diesel / electric thing work ?
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Yeah, the buddy of mine that got me in worked for the Corvette program as a Corvette tech before he hired out here, now he's a certified Conductor, a reserve police officer, and an on call firefighter... I always refer to him as the guy who never decided what he wanted to be when he grew up. lol
As far as how they operate, I'm assuming you mean mechanically... in which case, they operate almost identically to the Volt... the locomotives operate on traction motors which are, through a generator, ultimately powered by a turbocharged sixteen-cylinder Diesel engine. They operate in eight throttle positions, Notch 8 being full throttle. Notches 7 and 8 are what trigger the turbocharger, and surprisingly they are the most efficient to operate in.
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