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Trains have brakes, too. And horses... well, I guess we can handle cholera these days.
by 7speter 2y ago
Trains have brakes, too. And horses... well, I guess we can handle cholera these days.
- nanomonkey 2y agoI believe most modern trains use regenerative braking for the majority of their deceleration. At least the hybrid and electric ones.
- mrguyorama 2y agoThe vast majority of braking done by trains is electrical, ie "regenerative" except lots of trains just burn the generated power in a grid of resistors and dump the heat. If every mile human beings moved in cars was replaced with two miles taken by train, the world would be a less polluted place.
- osmsucks 2y agoOne train can move many people at once (especially for peak commute times when people would be driving single-occupancy cars just to get to an office). It suffer from similar problems, but it's much more efficient at the same task.