07 May 08 05:49, Bob Ackley wrote to Roger Nelson:

 BA> Replying to a message of Roger Nelson to JOHNJWILSON:

 J>>> Well, I said there was a clue; here it is: One of the trains is a
 J>>> diesel.

 RN>> How far will it go on 10 gallons of fuel?

 BA> If you believe CSX commercials, one gallon of diesel will move a ton
 BA> of freight 423 miles on their railroad.

Their diesels don't motivate the train, electric motors do. the diesels
are used to generate electricity to drive those motors.

In a few high-efficiency applications, diesel generated electrical energy
can be stored in rechargeable batteries. In which case, these vehicles can
be considered as a class of hybrid electric vehicle.

                R\%/itt



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