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Old 09-12-2021, 07:27 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
Has anyone tried a rack railroad on a mountainside?

Wouldn't water require variable pitch blades or the Wells_turbine?

With the winches, using the four cables to keep it centered in the bore sounds like a loser.
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ARES Nevada is developing a 50MW GravityLineTM merchant energy storage facility on approximately 20 acres at Gamebird Pit, a working gravel mine in Pahrump, Nevada. This project will employ a fleet of 210 mass cars, weighing a combined 75,000 tons, operating on a closed set of 10 multi-rail tracks.
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