I can remember streetcars using the catenary wires for power then rubber tires busses with limited lane changing capability using catenary wires in Pittsburgh, PA in the mid 1950`s.
Dennis Lee Miles (*evprofes...@evprofessor.com <evprofes...@evprofessor.com>)* * Founder: **EV Tech. Institute Inc.* *Phone #* *(863) 944-9913 (12 noon to 12 midnight Eastern US Time)* *Educating yourself, does not mean you were **stupid; it means, you are intelligent enough, **to know, that there is plenty left to learn!* * You Tube Video link: http://youtu.be/T-FVjMRVLss <http://youtu.be/T-FVjMRVLss> * * NEW You Tube Video link: *http://youtu. be/Pz9-TZtySh8 <http://youtu.%20be/Pz9-TZtySh8> On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 11:22 AM, Ben Apollonio via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > I would think overhead catenary lines would actually be cheaper, and one > could do that study without building a prototype... > > On Aug 15, 2014, at 3:06 AM, Martin WINLOW via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> > wrote: > > > > http://www.networkrail.co.uk/news/2013/aug/We-are-developing-a-prototype-battery-powered-train/ > > _______________________________________________ > > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140816/08f55e9c/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)