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Environment & Energy

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(114,775 posts) Mon Jul 22, 2024, 12:48 AM Jul 2024

Metrolink tests out its first zero-emission train in San Bernardino

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Metrolink tests out its first zero-emission train in San Bernardino (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2024 OP

id like to see a drop AllaN01Bear Jul 2024 #1

Many "diesel" locomotives are "diesel-electric" OKIsItJustMe Jul 2024 #2

AllaN01Bear

(22,981 posts)

1. id like to see a drop

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Jul 22, 2024, 02:20 AM

Jul 2024

in to replace existing locos prime movers and or coonverted to run on hydroen.

OKIsItJustMe

(20,595 posts)

2. Many "diesel" locomotives are "diesel-electric"

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 22, 2024, 12:44 PM

Jul 2024

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_locomotive

It seems reasonable to think that you could put a fuel cell in place of the diesel engine, to make it a FCEV, but… obviously… that would be a lot of work, what is the age of the fleet? (i.e. how much work should you put into retrofitting a 20 year old locomotive? a 10 year old locomotive?)

The extensive work necessary would not be cheap, and the result would not be ideal. How much less would it cost than purchasing a brand-new locomotive designed and built "from the get-go” to run on hydrogen?

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