Reply to "US Rail electrification"

naveenrajanOGR Forum Member

@Dominic Mazoch posted:
Another issue. You will lose power in the wires over a long distance. Why? Resistance.
Plus suppose your railroad is electrified. Power comes off an iffy grid. Then in the middle of winter a polar vortex ice storm comes into the area. Now you will be without power for days, or without power for a while with rolling blackouts. Do not laugh. Texas during Ice Storm Uri.

There are freight trains carrying iron ore that operate above the arctic circle in Sweden & Norway that operate in low temperature environments. So, it must be possible to design electric trains to operate in adverse conditions that you seem to be worried about.

The axle load of these IORE locomotives are 30 metric tonnes, close to the axle loading of a modern North American Diesel Electric locomotives, estimated to be around 33 metric tonnes.

In the interest of full disclosure , I like these IORE electric locomotives as I used to own a pair in HO-Scale.

These are just my opinion,

Naveen Rajan

12/12/2112:51 PM

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