Did anyone hear about NS 999, the battery powered locomotive?
You mean the one on page 16 of the January Trains magazine?
Or the one that showed up in the trade magazines a couple months ago.
The one that recharges its batteries via dynamic braking? I understand NS is the market for a couple more.
Dave
At least 2 threads here on it already - though in/under the ‘‘General Discussion’’ heading/ classification instead of ‘‘Locomotives’’ - and mentioned in a couple more. See -
NS and Brookville Equipment building a Battery Electric Locomotive started 07-14-2009 by GP-9 Man11786 at - http://cs.trains.com/trccs/forums/t/156966.aspx?PageIndex=1
NS unit 999 (battery powered!) started 10-09-2009 by Ulrich at - http://cs.trains.com/trccs/forums/p/161350/1777343.aspx#1777343
blue streak 1’s post on 10-14-2009 at 3**:28 PM** in the Re: Great issue…very informative on electrification… thread, about 1/3 of the way down Page 5 of 16, at - http://cs.trains.com/trccs/forums/p/161333/1780001.aspx#1780001
Also -
What is the logic behind the battery powered unit? at - http://www.jreb.org/ns/index.php?topic=8187.0
NS BP-4 999 at - http://www.jreb.org/ns/index.php?topic=8077.0
I wouldn’t know, I’m a mrr subscriber
If I’m not mistaken that locomotive also has a small pony engine that powers a generator as a back up recharging system.
Small pony engine, generator not shown: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LGXfBw5dpI