By Rinaldo S. Brutoco
Mar 10, 2025
Why are France, Germany, and Switzerland building hydrogen locomotives? Simple: the vast majority of locomotives in the world, virtually as high as 100 percent in Canada and 50 percent in Germany, are old-fashioned diesel electric. As such, they run on antiquated, non-electrified rails — rails far too expensive to electrify at this point. The only locomotives that can run on them are ones that need to have their own “power source” with them as they travel: steam (in the “old days”), coal, and now diesel oil. All three of these power sources create unacceptable levels of greenhouse gas emissions.
Read the whole story at North American Clean Energy:
https://www.nacleanenergy.com/energy-efficiency/a-hydrogen-rail-revolution
