That is pretty much what we now do in the SOUTHERN area of National Rail
in Britain, now

Most of the trains are electric, but a few are diesel still

Mike

On 26/02/2012 23:17, Graeme Farrar wrote:
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> I think there was some discusion some time back regarding a mock up of
> a train that could be electric or diesal powered.
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> This was a federal goverment idea that this train could be manufactured
> for all rail systems around Australia in a mass production form.
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> The mock up was displayed in all capital cities in Australia .
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> The idea never got any further.
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> Attached is a photo from the Graeme Bennett collection of the mock up
> train at Kingston rail yards Canberra heavily vandalised.G.Farrar
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