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> The US rail grid is almost entirely unelectrified Now the GP comment makes sense. I am certainly surprised but at least now it makes some sense.
by DoingIsLearning 5y ago
> The US rail grid is almost entirely unelectrified
Now the GP comment makes sense. I am certainly surprised but at least now it makes some sense.
- nerdponx 5y agoAlso, I think they were talking about freight trains, not passenger trains. Is rail freight powered by electric locomotives anywhere in the world?
- retrac 5y agoRight. Freight and passenger rail are basically inverted in the USA and Europe. A large % of European passenger traffic is by rail, with only a tiny proportion of freight by rail. Across the Atlantic, the majority of US freight by tonne-km is by rail, while passenger rail is tiny. And yes. Electrified rail for freight is seen in small pockets in Western and Central Europe, even smaller pockets of North America [1]. It is widely used on the major lines in Russia and the majority of freight is electric. India has some electric freight. As does China, and the Chinese government has announced a project to, eventually, electrify all their freight lines. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deseret_Power_Railway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deseret_Power_Railway