Posted on January 29th, 2010 by admin
A Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) hydrogen train (hydrail) rolled into Southern California this week to meet Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. The hydrail locomotive is powered by hydrogen fuel cell plus hybrid technology.
Now, it’s a sign of the times when Governor Schwarzenegger tweeted about his experience on Twitter. The H2 locomotive is a switch locomotive that [...]
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Posted on January 7th, 2009 by admin
The Fifth International Hydrail Conference is gearing up to talk about hydrogen railway trains in Charlotte, North Carolina on June 11 – 12, 2009. The focus of the conference will be threefold including mass production of carbon-free hydrogen, economic commitment to avoid other competing (and more expensive or more polluting) rail technologies, and promoting hydrolley [...]
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Posted on November 19th, 2008 by admin
Now, I’ve talked about hydrogen trains or hydrail a number of times over the past. But, one area that I haven’t mentioned yet are hydrogen trolleys or hydrolley as they are calling it.
Streetcars in general have made a resurgence over the years and not just in San Francisco, but in many other large and medium [...]
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Posted on June 19th, 2008 by admin
Speaking at an American Public Transportation Association (APTA) conference in San Francisco a week or so back, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi endorsed light rail, commuter rail and other public transit as a way to save 1.4 billion gallons of gasoline per year.
Speaker Pelosi went on to talk about how high speed rail in California will [...]
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Posted on May 28th, 2008 by admin
It’s been a while since I’ve talked about hydrail (hydrogen railway) technology. But, talked about or not hydrogen trains keep on rolling (as I was graciously reminded by Hydrail.org Chairman Stan Thompson). In fact, the Fourth International Hydrail Conference is rolling right into Valencia, Spain on June 9, 2008 to discuss advances in fuel cell [...]
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Posted on January 14th, 2008 by admin
The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (BNSF) is developing a hydrogen fuel cell switch train in Kansas to reduce emissions and as an alternative to similar locomotives powered by fossil fuels. The project is in collaboration with Vehicle Projects LLC. Besides its traditional use, the hydrogen fuel cell switch train can also be used for [...]
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Posted on September 19th, 2007 by admin
Ontario, Canada and Bombardier Transportation are in talks to develop a hydrogen train up in the Great White North. In three years time, when the prototype hydrogen train is completed it is expected to run on the Toronto GO Transit system.
Premier Dalton McGuinty made the announcement about the fuel cell train a couple of days [...]
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Posted on May 30th, 2007 by admin
The first announcement for the Third International Hydrail Conference stated that it would be held in Bergamo, Italy on June 25 – 26, 2007. The world’s first and only hydrogen train conference has now been updated and rescheduled to being held in Salisbury, North Carolina on August 13 – 14, 2007.
The First Hydrail International Conference [...]
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Posted on October 25th, 2006 by admin
East Japan Railway (JR) has just demonstrated the world’s first hydrogen hybrid commuter train to awaiting eyes. This means that JR East has jumped ahead of Tokyo’s Railway Technical Research Institute (RTRI) in bringing a hydrogen railway train (hydrail) to market.
JR East’s New Energy Train (NE Train) has two 65kw PEM fuel cells and can [...]
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Posted on August 14th, 2006 by admin
In 1956, Johnny Cash heard the train a coming from his prison cell as he sang “Folsom Prison Blues.” Now, 50 years later, trains have changed a bit from the coal-eating, smoke chugging locomotive that Johnny must have witnessed.
Today, several companies are developing hydrogen fuel cell trains a coming down the track. One such company [...]
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