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Room 101 - Steam, Diesel or Electric trains?

Lisa Miles

If you had to put either steam, diesel or electric trains into ‘room 101’, which would it be and why?  ? 

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    The electric motorways seem to be based on the Siemens E-highway (dual pantograph, 670VDC) system trialed in Germany.

    Oddly annex A of this report suggests it will be cheaper to electrify all our motorways, than about 10% of the railway.

    I find that hard to believe, I think a lot of roadside substations will be needed, for a motorway full of fully loaded lorries will need more than a few kA...

    Mike.

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    The electric motorways seem to be based on the Siemens E-highway (dual pantograph, 670VDC) system trialed in Germany.

    Oddly annex A of this report suggests it will be cheaper to electrify all our motorways, than about 10% of the railway.

    I find that hard to believe, I think a lot of roadside substations will be needed, for a motorway full of fully loaded lorries will need more than a few kA...

    Mike.

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