Re: Solar Train?

[mccallum@melbpc.org.au (John Duncan McCallum)]

In article <01bccb0c$24ea1d20$3a1815cb@hamish-horn>, "hamish" <hamishh@voyager.co.nz>wroted:
>A solar train did once run on New Zealand Railways but looked nothing like
>a train in any sense of the word It only stood about fifteen inches high
>and when running got blown off the tracks several times. 
>Does anybody else know about this train and where it went
>
I don't know about the NZ vehicle, but a few years ago there was a solar 
powered "tram" demonstrated in Melbourne. Like the NZ vehicle, it was very low 
and flat, and could not even carry the driver, who walked alongside.

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