First hydrogen locomotive started working in Poland.

  • LaggyKar@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    you’re going to have a lot of difficulty and it’s going to be pretty expensive running high voltage lines across these railroads.

    It’s worked just fine for the past century

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      1 year ago

      For what? Trolleys?

      Go look at the weight of an average coal train and remember that most of these railways go through some of the most criminal regions of the country with lots of burnable forest land running around the tracks

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        1 year ago

        Just because the US never electrified it’s train infrastructure after the obsoletion of the steam engine doesn’t mean other folks didn’t. Many trains straight up use their diesel engines as electric generators for electric motors. Electric cargo trains are cheaper to run than diesel, but the upfront cost is more expensive. Guess which option the non-state run train infrastructure of the United States chose. We’re still seeing massive resistance from the train companies for doing it because they don’t want to pay the cost.

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        For what? Trolleys?

        For most trains in Europe. For example I can mention the Iron Ore Line in north Sweden which has 8600 trains. Which isn’t as heavy as some of the coal or ore trains around the world, but it’s at up to a 1% incline.