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Old 02-11-2008, 06:02 AM   #1 (permalink)
DAN
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flywheel. power bus

Swedes (i think) had big buses that ran on flywheels. ever so many stops they would plug in up a electric motor (i think) and spin up the heavy flywheel. i guess the wheel ran a motor/generator that powered the bus. i read about this back in the early 60's i think, and could be wrong about parts of it.


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