A new electric train concept is hitting the rails, featuring autonomous independent freight cars aimed at replacing diesel trucks.
to individual, driverless freight cars. The cars can operate autonomously in platoons or run individually, enabling them to peel off from the main line and travel wherever a track will go, with minimal infrastructure.
“Rail is widely recognized as an energy-efficient means of surface freight movement,” they explain. “However, today’s trains are miles long and require large terminal operations that impact the economic feasibility of short-haul freight service, which represent one-third of the nation’s freight movements in ton-miles,” Parallel says.wasn’t the only one to cotton on to the idea of electric trains for short haul routes.
The two-year, five-month program will get under way later this year at the Transportation Technology Center, Inc., which is a subsidiary of AAR. Hot tip for trainspotters: TCCI is located in Pueblo, Colorado, so head on over there for a first look at the new electric freight cars in action.
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