w00t w0000t...Hybrid Train - Next YearComments for w00t w0000t...Hybrid Train - Next Year at http://www.ecogeek.org , comment 0 to 10 out of 10 comments1st August 2007 - World's first hybrid p- October 1, 2007 The world's first hybrid train for passenger service, (very different from locomotives for freight yards) is powered by hitachi's hybrid traction system. It is the world's first diesel battery hybrid train which runs up to 100kmhr in commercial service. A fuel-cell version is now being tested in Japan. Meanwhile in the UK, Hitachi have rolled out the world's first hybrid high speed train, now in service with Network Rail. see www.hitachi-rail.com - PChttp://www.ecogeek.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=69#... |