As I was describing the energy use, It takes a heck of a lot more energy for a
train to get up the mountains than it does to go on the flats, and then the
otherthing is you could in theory provide a lot of energy when you are going
downhill.
Perhaps if you wanted to have a fully electric locomotive maybe it might be
useful (at least in the beginning) to only electrify the mountain areas? That
might start the process.
These all electric locomotives could shuttle back and forth as "helper"
locomotives. Go up the mountains. Disconnect...and wait for the next train
that is going down and
provide "brakes"/regen into the grid on the way down. Then as you said,
you'd only need a limited amount of batteries probably to change direction and
stuff...
On Monday, November 18, 2024 at 02:58:59 PM PST, Lawrence Rhodes via EV
<ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote:
I think batteries would only be needed to pass stalled vehicles or sections
of track without power. Lawrence Rhodes
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