Some musings on future power trains
As an owner of a 32ft DP with a Cummins 6.7 diesel and two F150 pickup trucks with 3.5 Ecoboost engines I have long felt that the Ecoboost outperforms the Cummins used in this application, is quieter ...
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Perhaps something like today's locomotives. The drive is actually from electric motors with a diesel engine supplying the power. Maybe with some better batteries that can better recapture the lost energy used for braking etc. Throw in some solar and you might reduce the need for diesel power to keep the batteries charged. With the electric drive you have plenty of torque for even the heaviest MH and you should be able to minimize the size of the engine needed to keep the batteries charged.
