12-03-2008, 01:43 AM
endymion wrote:
I also wonder why no one's come up with Diesel-Electric hybrids which seem like an even better idea than either diesel or gas-electric hybrids.
Good point. From what I have read the main reason has been the lack of availability of low sulphur diesel fuel in the USA which is the main hybrid market. Diesel-Electric makes huge sense and a lot of the technology for this exists albeit in large format. Afaik a large number of diesel locomotives are in "hybrids" - the diesel just generates the power for the electric motors that drive the train.