freight trains are run with diesel or electric *locomotives,* neither of which are outdated
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Replying to @380kmh
they use locos instead of MUs because their carriages are built to hold cargo, not practical for all of them to have engines too
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in the USA, diesel locos predominate because very little of our rail infrastructure is electrified
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