wildtoad wrote:
gbopp wrote:
I can't see a solar powered locomotive pulling a 6000 ton+ train being practical anytime soon.
Aren't most diesel locomotives just large versions of an electric train that provides its own power plant? If true, one only has to replace the diesel powered generator with another one.
Yes. Only trouble is running the train at night. Once batteries take care of the main grid overnight these trains should not be a huge leap.
Pulling the overhead wire may prove just as difficult.
If Lincoln can build a transcontinental railroad during the civil war this should be a slam dunk in our modern age.
