Thrashy@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWhoever wrote this headline has never encountered a passenger train before in their liveslemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square138fedilinkarrow-up1805arrow-down115
arrow-up1790arrow-down1external-linkWhoever wrote this headline has never encountered a passenger train before in their liveslemmy.worldThrashy@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square138fedilink
minus-squareFermion@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38arrow-down2·edit-22 months agoThe headline says worlds first all-electric train rather than worlds first all-battery-powered train. There have been many all-electric trains before. So the headline as written is incorrect.
minus-squareScrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoElectric trains actually predate diesel, noted as far back as the 30s. Subways kind of needed something that didn’t emit smoke and fumes
minus-squareoo1@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoVolk’s electric railway, 1883. Only a narrow gague tourist type thing but still technically a passenger railway.
minus-squareLetstakealook@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoThat’s a good point, fair enough.
The headline says worlds first all-electric train rather than worlds first all-battery-powered train. There have been many all-electric trains before. So the headline as written is incorrect.
Electric trains actually predate diesel, noted as far back as the 30s. Subways kind of needed something that didn’t emit smoke and fumes
Volk’s electric railway, 1883. Only a narrow gague tourist type thing but still technically a passenger railway.
That’s a good point, fair enough.