It’s very simple for diesel locos, they just buy diesel and fill the tank, but how do they assess the consumption of electric locos?
In: Engineering
With electric meters. Those wires over the tracks don’t just run straight to the power station. They run to the local grid, and they are connected through a meter. Every month, the electric company reads the meters and sends the railroad a bill. Each engine also have controls and meters that gauge its performance, so that the railroad knows when to repair it.
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