Spell checked for discusion of this topic.
Might need a better spell checker…
Is discusion something like exclusion?
Dis cousin, or dat cousin?
Which cousin ya talking about?
Oh [}:)][:p][B)][:(!] you too!
I though that was what your cousin was for…
Now all he needs is a spell checker that writes the essay and that knows the correct spelling of “discussion”.
Hey did not Roosevelt marry his cousin?
Yes he did,and so did Jerry Lee Lewis,and neither one of them had a spell checker[}:)]!
What is this?
Adrianspeeder
Hybrid locomotives, hmmmmm…
Let’s cross a diesel engine with a steam engine…and see what kind of offspring they produce.
I think they’ve kinda,sorta,done that
Think ‘Steam-Turbine-Electrics’.
(C & O,N & W, especially)
But that’s got nothing to do with diesel. Maybe we could burn diesel fuel in the firebox of the steam-turbine-electric, but that would be plain silly. Then again so’s the rest of this thread. Now if we could figure a way to work a nuclear reactor into this contraption and incorporate some hobo wheels with pumped storage, we could hook it up to the power grid and use it to supply electricity and pull trains hauling spools of new power lines to set up along the right of way. The train could also haul a load of snowmobiles to be distributed to waiting hobos along the way at regular intervals. Then all our problems would be solved, except for farmers in Montana.
[D)]
I was wondering when someone would post something about Diesel Hybrid Locomotives… They’ve been around for almost 70 years now, so dis cousin of Dan’s and dat cousin of ed’s have probably seen dun.
Are we allowed to vote someone off the island?
Cars are finally catching up to railroad used technology. Diesel locomotives have far too much power to use a transmission reliably. They were forced to use electricity to transmit power to traction motors the drive the wheels. So they hooked up the Diesel to a large generator and the compressor.
Regenerative braking barily works with cars let alone on a much larger scale. They might be able to do this with hydraulics and accumulators, but I doubt they would spend that much space on something like that.
Hey what about Diesal-Hydrolic?? have jearsd about thos in a long time
Union Pacific has a few. Called “Green Goats”. Bank of batteries powers the traction motors and the diesel cuts in as necessary to charge the batteries. They appear to be working well as yard engines. Battery technology is not there yet to use in heavy road service.
You’re forgetting the alien prison cars with shackles.
The offspring will be a Alco S4 that has a steam generator. lol