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Originally Posted by fln8tive
I wonder if the fuel efficiency stat includes power regenerated from braking on long descents? Don't mean to get off track, or anything.
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Interesting question. I was involved in the repower of several MLW and other locomotives, and all of them had dynamic braking. However, it wasn't regerative braking (like a hybrid); the traction motors produced power under braking then that power went through resistive load banks, and was dispersed as heat. There was no recovery mechanism. I think there may be hybrid locomotives in use, as opposed to manufacturer's demos, but I've never seen one.
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