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reaperexpress said:
Two MP54s put out 10800 hp, which is more than the 8500 hp an electric locomotive puts out. They also have twice as many powered axles, with both scenarios having about the same weight per axle.

So yeah two MP54s should be able to outperform an electric locomotive. But it's hardly an economical way of accomplishing that. And even then I doubt they would outperform an EMU off the line, since an EMU can have far more powered axles (more than enough to outweigh the lower tractive effort per axle).
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Nitpick: Two MP54s would put out far less than 10,800hp to the rail, as you have to account for transmission losses, HEP, onboard power requirements, etc.

The rule of thumb is that it takes the equivalent of about 1,200hp to provide the HEP and onboard power (for a GO train - others will vary), and transmission efficiency is approximately 90%.

And weight per axle? That's very variable, but most North American electric locos built thus far are considerably lighter than diesels. It remains to be seen if the electric units that GO ends up getting will be ballasted to the same degree as the diesels - but they could do that if they so chose.

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RS3488 said:
Supposedly GO has started putting some of them into the commissioning phase however that remains to be seen.
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Yep. Remains to be seen.
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I’m guessing this is going to be a new procedure? Using the old cab cars as mid set coaches on 10 car weekdays trips and then splitting off the consists to become 6 car consists with them leading on weekends?
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