![]() ![]() Once its modernization is complete, CSR 3463 will have little in common with the smoke-belching steam engine it once was. ![]() The engine was acquired by SRI/CSR and will be modernized. What’s the test bed for this experiment? The Santa Fe Railroads number 3463 in 1937 regularly traversed the route from Chicago to Colorado at speeds in excess of 100 mph. So exactly how would it outperform these more “modern” diesel electrics, while also setting a new world speed record? CSR spells it out, noting that diesel-electric passenger locomotives develop maximum horsepower at low speed which, when combined with other factors, are hampered in their “ability to reach full potential at 110 or 125 mph.” The vision for the technology being developed in this process is to help build a locomotive that can reach speeds of 130 miles per hour, breaking the world record for steam locomotive speed, which is currently 126 MPH. Since it exhibits such similar characteristics to coal, biocoal has the potential to revolutionize the way the United States generates clean electricity.ĬSR Project 130, as it is called, has the goal of creating not only the world’s cleanest locomotive to prove the viability of solid biofuel and modern steam locomotive technology, but also the most powerful, especially when compared to the diesel electrics commonly in use today. Biocoal exhibits the same energy density and material handling properties as coal, but unlike coal, it is carbon neutral, contains no heavy metals, and produces less ash, smoke and volatile off-gases. The locomotive will run on torrefied biomass (biocoal), a biofuel created through an energy-efficient processing of cellulosic biomass. If you have any comments or complaints about this blog please address them to me, Tony Phillips ( The responsibility for everything herein is mine. I have, alas, grown old but definitely have not grown up. The electric multiple unit (EMU) set a record by speeding at 486.1kmph during its trial operation on the Shanghai-Hangzhou intercity high-speed railway in December 2010. I am blessed with four great kids with whom I have had great adventures. What is the 2nd fastest steam train in the world Harmony CRH 380A, with maximum operational speed of 380kmph, is currently the second fastest operating train in the world. My torso reveals my other love - food and chocolate. Webmaster) have compiled a history of the railroads that operated along the Mendocino Coast - you can find it at. I am the Mendocino Coast Model Railroad & Historical Society's historian and with enormous help from my friend Roger Thornburn (the blog's I am an avid reader of arcane books, have an eclectic collection of nearly 10,000 pieces of music and am a train nut - I love real ones and all types of model ones. Wife Sarah and I moved to a rural part of Fort Bragg, California in 2000 to enjoy our retirement. My name is Tony Phillips, born on Robbie Burns Day in 1943 in Brighton, England. ![]()
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