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