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Posted by merrick1 on Fri Jun 24 07:37:55 2016, in response to Re: First Siemens Charger locomotives, posted by Olog-hai on Thu Jun 23 21:29:05 2016. The under-car generators were powered by the car wheels so they increased drag on the locomotive. There's no free lunch.Of course car heating was provided by steam which did not draw any mechanical or electrical power from the locomotive. |