wilber1 wrote:
SidecarFlip wrote:
noteven wrote:
I suppose the next thing will be hybrid railroad locomotives. That’ll never work.
They already are 'hybrids'. Diesel electric. Diesel engine drives an alternator, alternator powers the traction motors.
Not really, no battery to store recovered energy. Wouldn’t be surprised to see batteries added in future to make them hybrids.
The nation's largest builder of train locomotives seems to be working on it and we might see results withing a year.
GE battery electric train development