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byrossdee ( 243626 ) writes:
You put the batteries in the caboose. Instead of needing a fast recharge, you pull the caboose off the train, and shove on a fresh one, then go and park the old caboose somewhere where it can charge for 24hr
Or maybe you have the 2nd car of the train hold the batteries. (remember in the days of steam trains there was a coal car next to the loco)
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byshilly ( 142940 ) writes:
British trains do not have a caboose. If the second car held the batteries, then swapping that car out would require decoupling two cars, moving both ends of the train (with no traction power from the battery), moving in the replacement battery car, and re-coupling. That would take far too long for a passenger rail service
byObliviousGnat ( 6346278 ) writes:
Put the batteries in the driver cabs. At the end of the line, detach the cabs and replace them while people are deboarding and boarding. This could be done without human assistance.
byshilly ( 142940 ) writes:
How is this better than just recharging the batteries?
byDantu ( 840928 ) writes:
Simple: fast charging is cheaper and easier.
I'm no train expert but I've taken them in the UK. Think about the space and logistics to move a rail car 'out of the way'. If the battery packs are similar size, you need multiple of those for a single train. You're also buying at least twice as many batteries to have two packs, possibly more if you want to swap batteries less often than you would have charged. And for what benefit? Perhaps you now have battery packs that last 2-4x longer but much higher upfron
byserviscope_minor ( 664417 ) writes:
We don't use cabeese for passenger rail in the UK.
bykarmawarrior ( 311177 ) writes:
Cabooses are not really a part of modern rail, and they've always been a freight thing.
Now that's not to say the idea of having a dedicated railcar that's batteries is a bad idea, but it's almost certainly not necessary. Single floored passenger railcars generally have a lot of space underneath the main carriage - and Britain's loading gauge is too restricted for double decker trains (before anyone comments, no, Bullied's odd interlaced thing isn't really double decker and doesn't disprove the point! Plus i
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