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Currently most shunting locomotives in Europe are equipped with diesel-powered internal combustion engines offering the advantage of being universally applicable and able to operate independently of overhead lines. Concerning international decarbonization goals, the hydrogen-based fuel cell hybrid powertrain can omit local CO2 emissions completely.For such novel technologies economic viability is a key factor to allow for rapid adoption by the market. At the moment, no standardized or unified energy and performance-related requirement profiles for shunting locomotives are available as a widely usable database in order to be used as simulative input for an in-depth performance demand analysis. Furthermore, shunting related specifications are more difficult to map than requirements for mainline rail services or other line haul services, since a wide range of operational demands have to be considered.

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