Beaver@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoCalifornia launches electric trains as US lags behind world in rail electrificationyoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1360arrow-down14
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minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-23 months agoThey’re probably not counting subways. It may even be just intercity rail, which mostly supports freight. You have thousands of miles of freight rail crossing the entire country, and only the Acela passenger track in the northeast is electrified
They’re probably not counting subways. It may even be just intercity rail, which mostly supports freight. You have thousands of miles of freight rail crossing the entire country, and only the Acela passenger track in the northeast is electrified