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Re: Nearly wireless streetcars. It's being done.
Author: Tony Johnson
Date: 10-27-2015 - 07:59
synonymouse Wrote:
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> Off-wire power storage systems could be used for
> trolley coaches as well. I am thinking of a
> trolley coach line on Geary which could go off
> wire for the last section on Market Street because
> overhead switches would be complicated and slow.
> Of course there would be trolley wire at the TBT
> terminal to power up.
I remember when Muni was thinking of trying trolley buses with a different, but similar idea, Underneath the buses would be a giant flywheel that would provide the power between charging station stops along the line. Each time it charged via trolley poles, the flywheel would gain the lost speed used to move the bus. Imagine what would happen if the flywheel somehow got a bit off center? It would do the rumba all the way down Market Stret.
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> Off-wire power storage systems could be used for
> trolley coaches as well. I am thinking of a
> trolley coach line on Geary which could go off
> wire for the last section on Market Street because
> overhead switches would be complicated and slow.
> Of course there would be trolley wire at the TBT
> terminal to power up.
I remember when Muni was thinking of trying trolley buses with a different, but similar idea, Underneath the buses would be a giant flywheel that would provide the power between charging station stops along the line. Each time it charged via trolley poles, the flywheel would gain the lost speed used to move the bus. Imagine what would happen if the flywheel somehow got a bit off center? It would do the rumba all the way down Market Stret.
