Collaborate Disseminate
The world’s largest rail vehicle manufacturer has rolled out a zero-emissions train running on hydrogen fuel cells with a supercapacitor buffer. The four-car train is capable of 100 mph (160 km/h), making it the fastest hydrogen train to date.Continue … Continue reading China launches 100-mph hydrogen/supercapacitor train
There’s no denying that while railroads have switched to diesel and electric as their primary power sources, there’s a certain allure to the age of steam. With that in mind, …read more Continue reading Bringing a Steam Train Back from Extinction
If you want to maximize the number of trains that can operate along one rail line simultaneously, it’s crucial that you know the exact location of each train at all times. A new system is designed to help in that regard, by analyzing the magnetic prope… Continue reading MAROS tech analyzes rails to precisely geolocate trains
Four years after embarking on a two-year operational trial run in Germany, a bunch of Coradia iLint hydrogen fuel-cell trains have entered passenger service along a 100% hydrogen route in Lower Saxony.Continue ReadingCategory: TransportTags: Hydrogen-p… Continue reading Hydrogen-powered trains enter passenger service in Germany
We’re seeing a growing emphasis on direct air capture technology in our efforts to combat climate change, and an interesting new take on this technology could see it put to use on railways around the world. US outfit CO2Rail is developing specialized r… Continue reading CO2Rail aims to turn train cars into rolling carbon capture plants
A new attendance policy has made the life of train conductors and engineers a nightmare, and there’s nothing they can do about it. Continue reading America’s Freight Train Drivers Are Exhausted and Overworked
Eduardo Moreno said he spent time on “dark” internet sites that led him to derail a train. Continue reading Man Inspired by QAnon and Hopped Up on Caffeine Purposefully Derailed Train
Australian mining company Fortescue is working to clean up its own operations by 2030, while developing green solutions it can sell to others. It’s forking out into green tech through a subsidiary called Fortescue Future Industries, which has recently … Continue reading Battery-electric “Infinity Train” will charge itself using gravity
Why bother transferring between a bus and a train, if you could just stay in one vehicle that travels on both roads and tracks? That’s the thinking behind a new dual-mode vehicle (DMV), which is slated to begin operations in Japan on December 25.Contin… Continue reading World-first road/rail-traveling bus to enter use on Christmas Day
Locomotives remain a fast and efficient way to move cargo overland. The low rolling resistance of steel-on-steel will always beat rubber on road, the ability to pull long chains of freight cars, linked closely together, gives trains a significant aerod… Continue reading The case for converting diesel trains to run on boxcar batteries