Re: Alternative Fuel for Rail?

["Kerry" <kerry@NOSPAMcapebyron.com>]

Thanks for the image Chris. I gave it a home at.
http://www.capebyron.com/railFAQ/48S31-48S35_Narromine_Nov-99.jpg

Regards

Kerry







"Kerry" <kerry@NOSPAMcapebyron.com> wrote in message
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> Does anyone have or know of a picture of this 48.
>
> Kerry
> kerry@capebyron.com
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> "Chris Stratton" <stratton.chris.cp@NOSPAMbhp.com> wrote in message
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> > "David Bennetts" <davibenn@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> > > With alternative fuels such as LPG now well established for road
> > transport,
> > > and more recently CNG (compressed natural gas) being used for buses, I
> > > wonder if such fuels have been successfully trialled for rail
transport.
> > >
> > > It would seem that natural gas is likely to be more available than
> diesel
> > > fuel in the future, and it has been used for heavy road transport, I'm
> not
> > > sure just how successfully.
> > >
> > > Rail would seem to offer an advantage over road in that CNG requires
> > larger
> > > fuel tanks than either liquid fuels or LPG, it shouldn't be too hard
to
> > > couple a CNG tanker behind the locomotive just as steam engines used
> coal
> > > tenders.  Of course the safety aspect of such fuels would also need to
> be
> > > considered, I must say that I felt a little uneasy a while ago
standing
> on
> > > the platform at Kuala Lumpur station as a train of LPG tankers went
> > through!
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > David Bennetts
> > > Australia
> > >
> > >
> > Silverton recently ran a trial with one of their 48s running on gas, I
> don't
> > know if it was LPG or CNG. They mounted cylinders along both sides of
the
> > hood. I don't know what the outcome of the trial was.
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Chris Stratton
> > Wollongong, NSW, Australia
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