Start of the week
Wishing you a wonderful start into the week!
For my fellow railway enthusiasts: This is the Enztal-bridge, with 1044 m the longest bridge on the highspeed railway between Stuttgart and Mannheim.

Wishing you a wonderful start into the week!
For my fellow railway enthusiasts: This is the Enztal-bridge, with 1044 m the longest bridge on the highspeed railway between Stuttgart and Mannheim.

Hydrogen has the advantage of being a chemical form of storing energy. This can help in the railway sector to bridge gaps between parts of the track where electric power is available and parts which are not electrified yet. Battery power is not the one-fits-all solution, especially for heavy freight trains or also in other…
A solution for tracks only partly equipped with overhead lines: In Germany the first battery powered train is now operating with passengers. Batteries are being charged at those parts of the route, where an overhead line is installed.
I’m sharing this post due to the high temperatures we’re facing these days in Germany. The impressive footage shows the effects of heat to rails and what this means for operation. Railway operators are already experimenting with painting rails with white color to reduce the heat impact. I think this issue gets more and more…
Sustainable solutions like this will be necessary especially for countries with a currently high amount of fossil energy sources. Good to see this development into the right direction! PKP Power Engineering issues tender for hydrogen-based energy storage components – International Railway Journal
The German freight trains of DB Cargo are running nearly climate-neutral now even if powered by a diesel locomotive. They are fueled by HVO generated from waste material instead of fossil diesel.
Sometimes a small piece of metal makes the difference between being off track or being on track… 😉 Post | LinkedIn