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Originally Posted by Busy Bee
Sorry, I'm a little confused about what your asking. Are you talking about the difference between an electric locomotive hauling or pushing a series of coaches like the arrangement we currently have on the diesel lines or are you describing distributed power like an EMU train where every car has electric axle motors?
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I'm describing something that probably doesn't exist, but I'm asking if it ever has existed:
Diesel locomotives generate power for the electric motors in the locomotive - so has that electric power ever been used for powering EMUs from a locomotive's generator instead of from overhead or third-rail sources.
Alternately, where are we with battery-powered electric trains?