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Old 5th September 2009, 21:34
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Originally Posted by Gandalf View Post
"The 14:20 Solarsupervoyager to London Euston is running 6 minutes late due to overcast conditions in the Wigan area"
Will any tunnels need the bores in the direction of travel modified so they run 'downhill'? No light no power and apart from tunnels daylight use only.
John (G)
Rather than power the train directly we could have the solar panels charge up a battery which the train runs on. We could then have tunnel use and limited night use.
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