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Old 22nd July 2006, 20:49
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Originally Posted by patlucas
However, my experience of French diesel-electric locos (mostly CC72000 and BB67x00 series) is that the diesel engine stays at a constant speed no matter what te loco does.
In that case I assume that the diesel engine will always be running at about 1000 rpm even when stationary. Doesn't that make them very noisy in stations etc?
John.
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