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lordsummerisle

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Thu Jul 8, 2021, 05:39 PM Jul 2021

Battery-powered trains could be a climate game changer. Is everyone all aboard? [View all]

latimes.com

Colossal freight locomotives are a fixture of the American landscape, but their 4,400-horsepower engines collectively burn 3.5 billion gallons of diesel annually, at a time when railroads and other fossil fuel users face pressure to reduce pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-07-05/battery-powered-locomotives-zero-emission-train-future

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