Quote:
Originally Posted by jamesqf
No, it's not. You could make it in a hybrid quite easily, by adding some kind of energy storage (like batteries or a high-speed flywheel) to provide power to the electric motors, but a standard diesel-electric locomotive is no more a hybrid than a car with an automatic transmission is a hydraulic hybrid.
|
True. I forgot about the batteries.
And it's a shame that trains don't have a means to store braking energy. Of course, I mean commuter trains and such, not long distance freight trains.
__________________
e·co·mod·ding: the art of turning vehicles into what they should be
What matters is
where you're going, not
how fast.
"... we humans tend to screw up everything that's good enough as it is...or everything that we're attracted to, we love to go and defile it." - Chris Cornell
[Old] Piwoslaw's Peugeot 307sw modding thread