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Re: Re:Re: (erielack) For Better or For Worse, Model Division

I've had an e-mail exchange with Paul T already today on the amount of
off-topic posts we're seeing lately on this list, to the point that I'm
close to dropping it.  I would suggest this post, and the ones related to
it, are a perfect example.  No EL content I can see.  But at this point I
would say that 50 percent or more of the traffic here is completely
off-topic, me-too, trivial, etc.  Paul's suggested I contact the posters
personally off list, but that would be quite a task, given the quantity.  I
hope members will think this over and reduce the garbage posts we're seeing.

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Janet & Randy Brown" <jananran_@_mymailstation.com>
To: <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 9:46 AM
Subject: Re:Re: (erielack) For Better or For Worse, Model Division


> In the old days, regenerative braking used the monetum of a descending
train to pump electricity back into the wires to help ascending trains.
When diesels came along, it became dynamic braking because the generated
electricity was wasted as heat.
>
> My question now is:  has modern diesel loco technology advanced to the
point that they can indeed put a useful amount of energy back into the
loco's batteries?  How big are they?  Where are they?  What voltage are
they?
>
> Or, more probably, was it an error on Lynn's part, to which I was
responding with tongue-in-cheek?
>
> Randy Brown
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> They call it regenerative braking
> -ArtP
>
>

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