page_title: Locomotive
section_title: Hybrid locomotives
hierarchical_section_title: Locomotive / Classifications / Other types / Hybrid locomotives
caption_attribution_description: English: First shots of ALP-45DP at the Innotrans convention in Berlin. Magyar: ALP-45DP mozdony a berlini Innotrans kiállításon 2010-ben
context_page_description: A locomotive or engine is a rail transport vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. If a locomotive is capable of carrying a payload, it is usually rather referred to as a multiple unit, motor coach, railcar or power car; the use of these self-propelled vehicles is increasingly common for passenger trains, but rare for freight.
  Traditionally, locomotives pulled trains from the front. However, push-pull operation has become common, where the train may have a locomotive at the front, at the rear, or at each end. Most recently railroads have begun adopting DPU or distributed power. The front may have one or two locomotives followed by a mid train locomotive that is controlled remotely from the lead unit.
context_section_description: There are many different types of hybrid or dual-mode locomotives using two or more types of motive power. The most common hybrids are electro-diesel locomotives powered either from an electricity supply or else by an onboard diesel engine. These are used to provide continuous journeys along routes that are only partly electrified. Examples include the EMD FL9 and Bombardier ALP-45DP
caption: Bombardier ALP-45DP at the Innotrans convention in Berlin
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