@foone You may be underestimating how weird the diesel part is.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBART extends an existing BART line with 9.1 miles of track, using diesel trains and standard gauge track. It has just a transfer station and two new stations. This was not existing track or anything, it was built specifically to extend an existing line, because it's apparently cheaper than electrifying a 9 mile extension?
Want to go from "Pitsburg / Bay Point" to "Pitsburg Center"? One stop, but change train.
@foone presumably they're diesel-electric? if so for any electrified areas they can run without the diesel. no idea if any of it is electrified though.
@gsuberland@foone Most diesel-electrics can’t do this by default; they have to be specifically built as dual-mode. NJ Transit, LIRR, and Amtrak/Metro-North operate some to cover more exurban stretches out of the city.
@curtosis@foone oh, weird. I guess I'm just used to dual-mode being a default thing 'cos it's all my dad designed for 40-something years at Brush Traction.
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