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Diesel was meant to be a relitively short stopgap between steam and electric !
Is electrification the answer anyway ?
Extra infrastructure to maintain (gantries and wires)
It is not a clean technology (power stations use all sorts of polluting fuels)
Risk of power cuts /industrial action/ security issues
Weather problems particularly high winds.
I like a railway where the power is held within the engine not from an outside source
I would like to think it is possible to have a cleaner, efficient, cost effective railway which isn't electric.
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