Beaver@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoIs the US finally getting ‘all aboard’ with electric trains?www.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square59linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkIs the US finally getting ‘all aboard’ with electric trains?www.theverge.comBeaver@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square59linkfedilink
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoYou don’t even need that. Every electric train I know of has pickups on each car, and any break in the catenary or third rail is short enough that it can be bridged naturally by two cars, or sometimes even just one, if it has pickups at both ends.
You don’t even need that. Every electric train I know of has pickups on each car, and any break in the catenary or third rail is short enough that it can be bridged naturally by two cars, or sometimes even just one, if it has pickups at both ends.