Craig McCluskey <diese...@pisquared.net> writes: > Jim's comment about how much momentum a moving freight train has is > indicative of the size of flywheel you would need. It wouldn't fit on > the train and couldn't fit through tunnels and across bridges.
I'm imagining some kind of giant, box-car sized capacitors that would absorb energy during braking and release it back to the motors during acceleration. Again, probably impractical or they'd be doing it. Allan -- 1983 300D _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com