there were MANY train locomotives that were airpowered especially in mining to
eliminate the potential for explosions of diesel or coal fires
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From: "Tim Collins" <thcollin@mtu.edu>
To: spridgets@autox.team.net
Sent: Monday, December 7, 2009 8:46:56 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Air Powered Car...For Real
Why just a puny little car power by compressed air? During the mining
days in the U.P. of Michigan there was a locomotive that pulled ore
that was run entirely on compressed air. And, get this, the
compressed air was FREE (once the infrastructure was built) and the
compressor had NO moving parts and over 80% efficiency. I'll bet you
guys don't believe this, do you? So, here's a web site to explain it.
http://www.sections.asme.org/milwaukee/history/51-taylorcompressor.html
Realistically, if you have to compress air for the little car
somewhere - on board or otherwise - it's not free and it's not clean
unless you have can find a Taylor Compressor.
Tim Collins
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12702006@N07/
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