I'm against using locomotives for passenger rail for pretty much the same reason that I'm against using tractor-trailers instead of buses to provide transit in mixed traffic
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Because antiquated FRA rules and absurd "Buy American" laws mean that they have to buy and use the friggin' things?
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I don't think they *explicitly* ban DMUs but they have the same effect, yeah
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They don't, but they weigh less and so they can't be used on tracks that could, theoretically, have freight trains on them. It's why Acela had to be so heavy.
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or rather, they could be used on the same tracks but only after adding enough surplus weight that you've destroyed the maintenance advantage
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