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[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago

This is only true for locomotives really. Diesel Multiple Units (DMUs) often use hydraulic transmissions. Here's an example railcar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V/Line_VLocity