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Or just go fully electric overhead like they do in northern european countries. Some of the ore trains in the far north generate a fair bit of electricity from
by NegativeLatency 4y ago
Or just go fully electric overhead like they do in northern european countries. Some of the ore trains in the far north generate a fair bit of electricity from regenerative braking that's then used by other trains going uphill or fed into the local power system.
- cinntaile 4y agoThese trains in case anyone is wondering. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iore https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iore
- NegativeLatency 4y agoThanks, I was looking for them but couldn't remember the name > From Riksgränsen on the national border to the Port of Narvik, the trains use only a fifth of the power they regenerate. The regenerated energy is sufficient to power the empty trains back up to the national border.
- sandworm101 4y agoThe flip side too is that the power generated by a braking train is more likely to be in the voltage range needed by other trains in the system. It is always better the use electricity locally and in the same voltage rather than convert it to grid power.