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The main use of locomotives in local passenger service today is pulling double-deck cars. In this, Germany and Switzerland are opposite poles: all local service double-deck is EMU in Switzerland, and all local service double-deck is loco-pulled in Germany. France is mixed -- see the new Transilien Primas.

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by DoDo on Wed Jul 8th, 2009 at 07:56:38 AM EST
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Germany is really mixed also for local service, it depends on the Länder and also what line. The Class 425/426 EMUs are used on RB and RE services.
by jfbeaulieu on Wed Jul 8th, 2009 at 06:39:47 PM EST
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But they are not double-deck - I only spoke of double-deck here. (The bulk of S-Bahn traffic is indeed done by single-deck class 420, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426, 470-474, 475-485 EMUs, and some others are in regional service only.) There was one double-deck EMU in Germany, the class 445 prototype, but DB did not purchase it. I could never find out the reason; it should not have been a technical failure, given that the SBB RABe 514 was based on it; so, it was probably price.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Sun Jul 12th, 2009 at 03:47:00 AM EST
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