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Originally Posted by aaron38
I am NOT a fan of electrification. Not with power delivered externally. (If they could do batteries and fast charging at stations, that's fine).
Can't do a 3rd rail where pedestrians walk over the tracks. Metra tracks are ground level and not access controlled.
And overhead wires? Ice storms, wind storms and falling trees, no thanks.
Maybe power delivery could be inductive and buried cable. But efficiency of that is poor. Is it a net C02 reduction? Maybe not.
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Electric rail (overhead or 3rd rail) works perfectly fine lots of cold/windy places.