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International Railroad Discussion > "India’s controversial electrification plans"Date: 11/19/18 13:02 "India’s controversial electrification plans" Author: inCHI Date: 11/19/18 13:10 Re: "India’s controversial electrification plans" Author: DKay I believe they have big plans for coal fired power stations....might be part of the plan.
Regards,DK Date: 11/19/18 21:01 Re: "India’s controversial electrification plans" Author: CPRR To bad the US can’t get their act together and electrifying the lines
Posted from iPhone Date: 11/19/18 22:38 Re: "India’s controversial electrification plans" Author: PHall CPRR Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > To bad the US can’t get their act together and > electrifying the lines > > Posted from iPhone Just knew a comment like this was coming, was not disappointed. Date: 11/20/18 00:39 Re: "India’s controversial electrification plans" Author: cchan006 DKay Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > I believe they have big plans for coal fired power > stations....might be part of the plan. > Regards,DK Perhaps, but since India is a nuclear power, they can easily build nuclear power plants ("peaceful purposes") without any assistance from other countries. Having electricity generated by nuke helps France, and when tsunami took down Fukushima #1 in Japan, they found out how important that was to keep the trains running in and around Tokyo. Controversial, but they have a reasonable chance to achieve their goal. Date: 11/20/18 11:45 Re: "India’s controversial electrification plans" Author: lynnpowell Why can't India and GE update their contract to change it from diesel locomotives to electric locomotives?
Date: 11/20/18 19:15 Re: "India’s controversial electrification plans" Author: BobP I thought most of India's mains were electrified.
Date: 11/21/18 07:46 Re: "India’s controversial electrification plans" Author: inCHI BobP Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > I thought most of India's mains were electrified. The article indicates they are, which is why the plain is "controversial" - they are proposing to now eletricfy many lower traffic lines. |