4 ms·
Trains are electric motors powered by diesel generators. Seems like it should be an easy sell for people that whatever trains do is an effective way to handle h
by war1025 7y ago
Trains are electric motors powered by diesel generators. Seems like it should be an easy sell for people that whatever trains do is an effective way to handle heavy loads.
- steve19 7y agoSubmarines too! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine#Diesel-electric https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine#Diesel-electric
- noipv4 7y agoThe Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV can do this too (replace diesel with gasoline)
- slowhand09 7y agoTrains don't do hills very well. Train tracks are always mostly straight and level. They do that extremely well.
- war1025 7y agoAnd freeways have regulations about what the maximum road grade can be to prevent trucks from slowing down too significantly on hills. That's just a law of converting massive amounts of kinetic energy into potential energy as the weight goes up hill.