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Genuinly curious - can locomotive run on batteries (which it drags behind it, in a form of a train car) for the tracks which are not electrified? Or is the cost
by bornfreddy 4y ago
Genuinly curious - can locomotive run on batteries (which it drags behind it, in a form of a train car) for the tracks which are not electrified? Or is the cost (or sth. else) prohibitive?
- nuodag 4y agoYes, they are doing exactly that, having a normal electric train which has batteries under the cars (no extra waggon) for 40-200km of not electrified track. It’s for regional trains though with lower energy needs (and because non electrified long distance tracks really make no sense). Linking German Wikipedia because it has long history of them and current projects, https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akkumulatortriebwagen https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akkumulatortriebwagen
- bornfreddy 4y agoThank you!