Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2017 19:46:37 GMT
Just remove the tyres, lay some tracks for them to run on and you have a train.........just brilliant... Why would you need to remove the tyres? Well yes I am aware of trains that run on tyres, the first one I saw was on the Paris Metro, but if you have them you still have to find a way of guiding them. (None of this of course takes account that even trains with traditional cast steel wheels have 'tyres' too.)
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2017 19:56:09 GMT
Scale this up and add overhead electric, combine with a very short moving block system and you could have quite an adaptable method of transporting goods.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2017 20:02:24 GMT
Scale this up and add overhead electric, combine with a very short moving block system and you could have quite an adaptable method of transporting goods. Yes as we said earlier, it would be called a train. Do keep up at the back.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2017 20:14:50 GMT
Scale this up and add overhead electric, combine with a very short moving block system and you could have quite an adaptable method of transporting goods. Yes as we said earlier, it would be called a train. Do keep up at the back. How many trains do you know that can adapt to safely run off the rails.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2017 20:22:15 GMT
Yes as we said earlier, it would be called a train. Do keep up at the back. How many trains do you know that can adapt to safely run off the rails. Try googling "trackless trains'. Rails are so last year.
|
|
|
Post by Mr Stabby on Jul 26, 2017 20:22:52 GMT
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2017 20:29:30 GMT
It's all typical civil service sensationalism. No thought gone into it, just pick a date from the air and give it to the BBC. I think it will take at least another 30 to 40 years before they can acquire any such targets. The infrastructure needed to support this stuff will take that long to put in place. They have just cancelled the electrification of the railways, that speaks volumes. It's easy enough to stop building diesel cars, but anything above that will need many years to come about.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2017 20:31:32 GMT
I'm aware of trains that run not on tracks.
A vehicle that can run on tracks and convert to road within minutes already exists. If you could solve the extra sopping distance for running on rails and almost instantaneous switching of points then you might have a solution - I doubt this would ever happen though, more likely to have 'under road electric charging' similar to the fancy gadgets that you can charge by just placing them near to the charger.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2017 20:37:58 GMT
I'm aware of trains that run not on tracks. A vehicle that can run on tracks and convert to road within minutes already exists. If you could solve the extra sopping distance for running on rails and almost instantaneous switching of points then you might have a solution - I doubt this would ever happen though, more likely to have 'under road electric charging' similar to the fancy gadgets that you can charge by just placing them near to the charger. Yes but why have rails, when a train can follow a painted white line.? I think the charging solution lies somewhere close to your suggestion though, my phone does this, somehow this needs to be scaled up so you can drive over a charging pad in the street.
|
|
|
Post by Mr Stabby on Jul 26, 2017 20:38:46 GMT
A vehicle that can run on tracks and convert to road within minutes already exists. Yes, it's called a "shipping container".
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2017 20:40:11 GMT
At wolverton in Milton keynes, buses are charged from under the road (no cables). Trouble is, the length of charging time.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2017 20:44:39 GMT
At wolverton in Milton keynes, buses are charged from under the road (no cables). Trouble is, the length of charging time. Somebody in the future will no doubt 'prove' that such technology kills small children by giving them cancer and then we will be back to square one...
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2017 20:49:30 GMT
At wolverton in Milton keynes, buses are charged from under the road (no cables). Trouble is, the length of charging time. Somebody in the future will no doubt 'prove' that such technology kills small children by giving them cancer and then we will be back to square one... I did wonder when I was asking about it. It's a lot of bloody power. Milton Keynes has car charging points all over the place (plug in ones). I'd go as far as to say they are the leaders of this technology in the UK at the moment.
|
|
|
Post by bodger on Jul 26, 2017 21:56:33 GMT
it only runs near capacity at peak times. car charging will generally avoid peak times (about 7am to 9am and 5pm to 10pm), and suitable off-peak tariffs (like storage heaters used to use) for car charging overnight will not require any additional generating capacity; actually it will make the current generation capacity more utilised and more efficient overall. There will be a surge in demand as people arrive home from work and plug their cars in, much like when people put the kettle on in the ad break in corrie...most experts seem to be agreeing that this could be an issue. And how do you charge a car parked on the street, we'll be fine as we have a drive but millions do not. no, you programme the charger to switch on at 10pm. my daughter's neighbour in London used to run a cable from the house, across the pavement and plug into the car. not ideal but can easily be done safely with a bit of thought, providing you can park in the right place. just needs a parking regime that allows people to park where they need to. that is one reason why the government is turning the responsibility over to the councils.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2017 21:57:39 GMT
There will be a surge in demand as people arrive home from work and plug their cars in, much like when people put the kettle on in the ad break in corrie...most experts seem to be agreeing that this could be an issue. And how do you charge a car parked on the street, we'll be fine as we have a drive but millions do not. no, you programme the charger to switch on at 10pm. my daughter's neighbour in London used to run a cable from the house, across the pavement and plug into the car. not ideal but can easily be done safely with a bit of thought, providing you can park in the right place. just needs a parking regime that allows people to park where they need to. that is one reason why the government is turning the responsibility over to the councils. Laughable in the extreme...
|
|