Comment Re:are the freight rail lines going to add power t (Score 2) 169
Another use for an on board battery pack is for pulling away from stations. That takes a serious amperage compared to running at a constant speed between stations. There was a line in the UK (since upgraded) where only two relatively short trains were allowed to be on a 60 mile stretch of track at any one time because if you added a third it wouldn't be able to restart after the first station stop.