First hydrogen locomotive started working in Poland.

  • QuinceDaPence@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    That would make the locomotive lighter

    That’s not an advantage. You want your loco to be as heavy as possible for traction. If they were switching it to pantograph and it was lighter they’d add iron, or something else to make up the difference

    • uis@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      You want your loco to be as heavy as possible for traction.

      I see you don’t know why Caucasus was electrified. Non-electric locomotives were just too heavy and couldn’t lift as much as mass as electric could.