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You are not proposing anything new. This is exactly how the FL9s operated into Grand Central Terminal. Also the FM lightweights and the United Aircraft Turbotrains could run off of the third rail. The technology is nothing that could be considered "rocket science". All the engineer had to do to switch from diesel to electric (or back) was to shut off the throttle and then run the throttle back up. <br /> <br />However, doing this on a limited number of passenger locomotives is one thing. Outfitting an entire roster of locomotives that might conceivably run through the Cascade Tunnel is an entirely different matter and would not be cost effective. And outfitting a limited number gets back to the helper district problems. Even if you outfit enough locomotives to run all of the trains through the tunnel without helpers you must change power at either end of the district instead of running the power through. Time consuming and expensive.
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