Re: Thought exercise - steam VFT

[billboltonREMOVE-TO-EMAIL@computer.org (Bill Bolton)]

matthew@mail.usyd.edu.au (Matthew Geier) wrote:

> The steam HST (hardly TGV) could have used a version of these steam-turbine-
> electrics, the electric transmission being able to get the power out to multiple
> axles with out any hammer blow effects, or complex mechanics.

Turbines of any sort have proven to be far less than optimal for rail
applications, despite several attempts to apply them in diverse places
for a variety of different rail purposes.

Cheers,

Bill