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Engineering360: "Trains to locomote with hydrogen fuel cells"

03/10/2021 2:52 PM

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Re: Trains to locomote with hydrogen fuel cells

03/10/2021 6:48 PM

This will be welcome in cities and other congested areas.
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03/11/2021 10:01 AM

I would llike to see the cost comparison to line powered electric trains before I got too excited. It seems more like a solution looking for a problem since electric powered trains are neither new or ground breaking. They aint sexy but they are efficient, very fast, economical, and literally everywhere.

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03/13/2021 10:16 AM

Do current diesal over electric locomotives have energy recapture (hybrid) braking systems? If not this could be the door opener to the huge kinetic energy resource that is the multi-mile string of freight cars on a transcontinental train.

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03/13/2021 5:57 PM

It would make more sense to use a hybrid on short haul trains that have more starts and stops.
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