今天是6000马力电力传动内燃机车再次出现的时候吗?有这种可能性。美国联合太平洋铁路正在探讨着采用Caterpilar 3600系列柴油机,匹配交流牵引电动机实现这种机车的可能性。虽然Caterpilar 3600系列柴油机在机车上的运用试验不是很尽人意,但是这可能是其它方面的问题引起的,而并非出自柴油机本身。有可能直流牵引电动机在新造的4000马力的大功率内燃机车上已经达到了自己的极限, Is it the same time that a 6,000 horsepower electric drive diesel locomotive reappears? There is such a possibility. United Pacific United Pacific Railway is exploring the possibility of using a Caterpilar 3600 series diesel engine to match an AC traction motor to realize such a locomotive. Although the Caterpilar 3600 series diesel engine is not satisfactory for use on locomotives, this may be caused by other problems, not by the diesel engine itself. It is possible that the DC traction motor has reached its limit on the newly built 4000 hp high-power diesel locomotive,