Densha Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 (edited) It's finally there, the first British BEMU! Although I'm a bit disappointed by the video which doesn't even show the train running without wires... Article here: http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/rolling-stock/british-battery-electric-multiple-unit-enters-service.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LFthXVgsqg Edited January 13, 2015 by Densha 2 Link to comment
katoftw Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 It's finally there, the first British BEMU! Although I'm a bit disappointed by the video which doesn't even show the train running without wires... Article here: http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/rolling-stock/british-battery-electric-multiple-unit-enters-service.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LFthXVgsqg The pantographs are down on the first footage when depearting station. 1 Link to comment
kvp Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 (edited) Just about time british engineers start to discover this new technology. Around 100 years after it was first used. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preußischer_AT_1 The original Prussian prototypes were not built as BEMU-s, they were rebuilt from conventional commuter stock by the Siemens Schuckert Werke in 1907. :) edit: Can we say that this was the first high cab design emu? Edited January 13, 2015 by kvp Link to comment
Densha Posted January 13, 2015 Author Share Posted January 13, 2015 The German wiki shows quite a few older BEMU's: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akku-Triebwagen I also just found out here (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stra%C3%9Fenbahn_%C3%8Ele-de-France#1881:_Stra.C3.9Fenbahn_mit_Akkumulatoren) that there were tramcars in Paris in 1881 that used batteries that were charged with cables at recharging stations: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Recharge_d%27un_tram_%C3%A0_accumulateur_TPDS_%C3%A0_Pont_de_Puteaux.jpg The whole thing is that this technology has been around for long, but never was a big success because only small distances with light trains could be covered by those batteries. While nowadays this technology can be used by normal trains, speed and distance is still not very high for these trains. Link to comment
kvp Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 (edited) Actually there is an earlier british BEMU, one of my favourite 3rd rail electrics, the MLV or motor luggage van. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_419 The batteries were used to move the trains they were attached to (usually 4cep-s) on boat train services around the docks where installing 3rd rail was not an option. They were used between 1959 and 2004, so i think this is where they got the idea for the current electrostar mod. Especially after battery electric road vehicles are getting popular again. http://railphotoprints.zenfolio.com/cdn/pub/k9zums9em9cy/0/null/mh/dp6zz5vruo_1qy2b7pi4/s2/v52/p865158047-5.jpg Edited January 13, 2015 by kvp Link to comment
Densha Posted January 13, 2015 Author Share Posted January 13, 2015 That's quite interesting, still only covered a small distance though. This is quite an interesting page about it: http://www.kentrail.org.uk/class_419_MLV.htm Link to comment
HantuBlauLOL Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 My country used to have a battery powered loco back then before 1940, when the Dutch were still here. No photographs anyway, neither a piece of metal from that loco still exist. Link to comment
Densha Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share Posted January 14, 2015 You are from Indonesia, right? I just googled in Dutch and the description about the picture on the bottom says that these were Dutch fabricated battery locos used by sugar factories in Indonesia: http://www.industriespoor.nl/Raadselssmalmotor.htm Maybe it's the one you meant... Link to comment
Davo Dentetsu Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Tyne and Wear Metro have have a pair battery locos for maintenance and emergency movement of stock, as do London Underground. Technology and efficiency will come along in leaps and bounds to make this a more common thing however. Link to comment
HantuBlauLOL Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 No, it was operated on 1067mm track within Jakarta and Bogor. It's ESS class 400. Here is the info (just this, nothing else I got) http://keretapi.tripod.com/electricroster.html Link to comment
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