Wednesday, March 27, 2019

What if we make it the 1st hydrogen electric train in the USA? Barry Cassidy's latest post on the Phoenixville to Philadelphia SEPTA train project:

Information concerning the 2018 attempt of Phoenixville to initiate train service

CONCEPT DEFINITION AND
PRELIMINARY STUDY
FOR
REGIONAL RAIL SERVICE BETWEEN
PHOENIXVILLE AND PHILADELPHIA









Prepared By:
Thomas E. Frawley Consulting, LLC (SBE)
Revised: March 8, 2019







CONCEPT DEFINITION AND PRELIMINARY STUDY 
FOR
REGIONAL RAIL SERVICE BETWEEN
PHOENIXVILLE AND PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA




Germany has rolled out the world’s first hydrogen-powered train, signalling the start of a push to challenge the might of polluting diesel trains with costlier but more eco-friendly technology. 

Two bright blue Coradia iLint trains, built by French TGV-maker Alstom, on Monday began running a 62 mile (100km) route between the towns and cities of Cuxhaven, Bremerhaven, Bremervoerde and Buxtehude in northern Germany – a stretch normally plied by diesel trains. 


“The world’s first hydrogen train is entering into commercial service and is ready for serial production,” Alstom CEO Henri Poupart-Lafarge said at an unveiling ceremony in Bremervoerde, the station where the trains will be refuelled with hydrogen. 

Alstom has said it plans to deliver another 14 of the zero-emissions trains to Lower Saxony state by 2021, while other German states have also expressed an interest. 

Hydrogen trains are equipped with fuel cells that produce electricity through a combination of hydrogen and oxygen, a process that leaves steam and water as the only emissions. Excess energy is stored in ion lithium batteries on board the train.

MORE AT:

The Guardian

Germany launches world's first hydrogen-powered train

Two trains built by the French train maker Alstom are now operating on a 62 mile stretch of line in northern Germany

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