Is electric rail engine better than diesel in respect of speed

Question

Is electric rail engine better than diesel in respect of speed

Answer 1

no.

but electric is eco friendly.

Answer 2

NO.Diesel engine is faster than electric engines.

Yet electric engines are eco friendly so they are mostly used.

Answer 3

yes electric trains r very fast than compared to diesel engines. and they r also pollution free. nowadays they also use eddy current effects to reach very high speeds.. such that kilometer look are very very small quantity

Answer 4

Most of the fastest trains are electric.

The majority of diesel locomotives are diesel electric, which have to generate the electricity to drive the locomotive.  Potentially more power is available to accelerate an electric train or locomotive.

Railroad speed records have been set by steam, electric and diesel trains.

Answer 5

It is possible to make an electric motor compete with any diesel engine, but electricity is a secondary power source. It must be generated by another source of power, usually coal or natural gas. So even though you could theoretically make an electric train accelerate indefinitely far more energy would be consumed in the big picture when the cost of generating the electricity is considered.

Currently diesel is a much more efficient power source, even most electric trains get the electricity from on board diesel powered generators.