Quote Originally Posted by Just the facts View Post
Can you provide a picture of what you mean by 'Heavy Diesel Engine' because I picture this when you say that. This is something a freight railroad would use.



But most new non-electric commuter rail systems use these MPXpress Commuter Locomotives made by MotivePower.



Yes, they both burn diesel but comparing them is like comparing a dump truck to a BMW 535d.
It would be cool it we could get something like this and run it on LNG or a CNG diesel Hybrid. I know we experimented with something like that on the heartland flyer, never heard how that turned out.