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Old 28th March 2011, 17:28
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Originally Posted by swisstrains View Post
Do you mean "unpowered" or "non-driving" as most modern DMU's(including 185's) have all their cars powered?
Unpowered trailer cars are common on EMU's.
A very good point John, and one I was just about to raise.

As a digression (because that's the fun of forums), the unpowered cars on modern EMUs usually carry all sorts of other gear (transformers, convertors, compressors, pantograph, etc) and so wouldn't be that much cheaper to buy than a driving motor.
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