Comment on Hydrogen locomotive

• CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  But how about replacing the diesel with fucking electrified rail network?

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  • stephen01king@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Because now you have to build an electrified track infrastructure in instead of using an already built railway track.

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    • ThePyroPython@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      cough overhead lines cough

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      • hansl@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Jeez if only smart people thought of that.

        Real answer: it’s actually a lot of logistics and technical challenge to bring overhead lines to the whole of eve a small country like England. A lot of these tracks are in regions where there’s no power lines nearby. You still want the trains to go to and through these places.

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    • CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Just put lines above the track…

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      • photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Sometimes building infrastructure is more expensive than a hydrogen-powered train. I guess.

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  • cuacamole@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Sometimes youll need stuff like this. Rail maintenance cant always be done using overhead lines, since the machines will get destroyed by electric breakdown(?).

    Some parts are not electrified yet, some cant be without major work being done to the track.

    It is not ideal, but sometimes you cant do it otherwise, or you’d have to cut of some parts, imo its a useful way to bridge gaps.

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  • Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s worth the time and effort in a city, and even between two large cities that are relatively close to each other. Sadly, building and maintaining the system isn’t cheap, so we don’t do it in more remote locations.

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    • Rowsdower@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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      • Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        It’s true. Electrified rail lines do exist in a many places, but not quite everywhere. Since there are also non-electric lines, there’s also a time and a place for non-electric locomotives.

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    • CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Its not that expensive in especially comparison to the entire hustle with Hydrogen…

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      • Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Hydrogen technology is still in its infancy, so economies of scale aren’t helping very muc at this point. On top of that, the storage options are far from ideal, and not all hydrogen is green. Currently there are many obstacels, but hopefully hydrogen will find its place in the future.

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    • uis@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Caucasus was electrifued first in Soviet Union

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      • Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Distance doesn’t matter as long as the line connects two places that are important in the big picture.

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• LaggyKar@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  A lot of them do, but there are also ones with mechanical or hydraulic transmission.

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