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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

KamaAina

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2. I was thinking of passenger trains

Reply to phantom power (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 13, 2013, 05:19 PM

Dec 2013

like I said, the diesels Caltrain uses take a LONG time to slow down for each stop and then get back up to full speed. Electrified trains like Metro-North's into NYC do not.

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Could Tesla-style batteries be used to power trains? [View all] KamaAina Dec 2013 OP

I'm not sure it would be a big win. Trains are already very very fuel efficient. phantom power Dec 2013 #1

I was thinking of passenger trains KamaAina Dec 2013 #2

For passenger trains it could be beneficial, but catenary is easy at this point. Agschmid Jan 2014 #3

Easy, maybe, but $$$ KamaAina Jan 2014 #4

Conrail used electrical locomotive till 1981 happyslug Jan 2014 #5