On Tue, 4 Oct 2005 12:29:52 +1300, Ken Taylor wrote:

Why a loco anyway? It would appear to be the mistaken assumption that
anything that big must have power to burn on anything plugged in by a user.
Not the case - the power from a loco is, not surprisingly, applied to the
tracks. The electric generators used for powering gear other than the
train's vitals are not high power.

Locomotive because of the need for a manual override by the Head Engineer.
CSX claims they can provide access to 1,000 watts.
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