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Dearman – making clean engines with liquid air (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 1 year ago by Five@slrpnk.net to c/energy
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[–] ladicius@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That concept is decades old and has been used for small trains in closed areas. There's a decommissioned locomotive on display in Hamburg that was powered by compressed air.

[–] JoBo 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This article is 9 years old and the company's website was last updated 9 years ago.

[–] ladicius@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The locomotive I mentioned was built in 1950:

http://historische-hafenbahn.de/fahrzeuge/triebfahrzeuge/tiefstack.html

I'm sure this antiquity precedes everything that this derelict company has ever made 😉