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gbrewer

January 18, 2008 07:12AM

Registered: 16 years ago
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All these discussions of new steam technology are intriguing indeed, but there is a much simpler and a much older way to use coal for pulling trains. Put up catenary and run electric locomotives.

The source of the electric power could be coal, nuclear, even wind or water energy.

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Economics of Coal as a Locomotive Fuel	WPYmike	January 10, 2008 07:29PM
Re: Economics of Coal as a Locomotive Fuel	Ryan Shofner	January 10, 2008 11:15PM
Re: Economics of Coal as a Locomotive Fuel	low_water	January 11, 2008 01:33PM
Re: Economics of Coal as a Locomotive Fuel	dan	January 11, 2008 02:28PM
Re: Economics of Coal as a Locomotive Fuel	low_water	January 11, 2008 03:34PM
Re: Economics of Coal as a Locomotive Fuel	Paul Dalleska	January 12, 2008 10:51AM
Re: Economics of Coal as a Locomotive Fuel	WPYmike	January 12, 2008 11:18PM
Re: Economics of Coal as a Locomotive Fuel	Roger Mitchell	January 17, 2008 09:30AM
Re: Economics of Coal as a Locomotive Fuel	doodlebug	January 17, 2008 11:54AM
Re: Economics of Coal as a Locomotive Fuel	dan	January 17, 2008 02:07PM
Re: Economics of Coal as a Locomotive Fuel	doodlebug	January 17, 2008 03:21PM
Re: Economics of Coal as a Locomotive Fuel	Dave Bates	January 17, 2008 03:46PM
Re: Economics of Coal as a Locomotive Fuel	geode	January 17, 2008 04:22PM
Re: Economics of Coal as a Locomotive Fuel	low_water	January 17, 2008 05:56PM
Re: Economics of Coal as a Locomotive Fuel	Roger Mitchell	January 18, 2008 09:07AM
Re: Economics of Coal as a Locomotive Fuel	dan	January 18, 2008 09:22AM
Re: Economics of Coal as a Locomotive Fuel	J.B.Bane	January 18, 2008 09:37AM
Re: Economics of Coal as a Locomotive Fuel	gbrewer	January 18, 2008 07:12AM
Linear motor	Festus	January 18, 2008 02:29PM
Re: Economics of Coal as a Locomotive Fuel	low_water	January 18, 2008 07:27PM
Re: Economics of Coal as a Locomotive Fuel	J.B.Bane	January 18, 2008 07:55PM
Re: Economics of Coal as a Locomotive Fuel	dougvv	January 18, 2008 08:00PM
Re: Economics of Coal as a Locomotive Fuel	WPYmike	January 18, 2008 11:07PM

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