Talk:Electric-steam locomotive

An image of one of these locomotives is needed. Bahnfrend (talk) 01:17, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

SBB-CFF-FFS E 3/3(e)

It is possible to rename part of the SBB-CFF-FFS E 3/3(e) ? --W.Rebel (talk) 14:41, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

• The Czech language page says that the classification was E(e) 3/3. If that's what the classification was, then I'd be happy to change the English language page image caption to say the same. I'll probably also create a new English language page "SBB-CFF-FFS E 3/3", based upon a translation of the Czech page (using google translator). However, the Czech page is very new, so I intend to wait at least a few weeks to let it stabilize. Bahnfrend (talk) 15:52, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Ok --W.Rebel (talk) 21:33, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Other examples

Are there any other examples of Electric-steam locomotives apart from the Swiss ones? Around 2007 I made a proposal for an Electric-steam locomotive (based on a preserved fireless locomotive) to run from the third rail on the Royal Docks Heritage Railway but, as it never happened, it is not encyclopedic. Biscuittin (talk) 10:32, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

I've never heard of any. If there were, I'd expect to start looking around Norwegian heavy industry (aluminium smelters, fertiliser works, paper mills) that was sited next to abundant cheap hydro. There also needs to be some reason why a purely electric locomotive couldn't be used instead. The Swiss locos were a wartime ersatz from what was already to hand.

An oddly related loco was the Sentinel / Oerlikon gyro loco, tested by the NCB in the 1950s. This used an intermittent electricity supply to store energy in a gyroscope, originally for use underground. Andy Dingley (talk) 10:55, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

Vandalia Line

Elektric steam locomotive of the Vandalia Line

A very unusual parade locomotive you will find in this article. --NearEMPTiness (talk) 05:06, 31 May 2018 (UTC)