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A heritage railway has joined forces with boffins in Birmingham to work on a ground-breaking scheme to convert a diesel locomotive to run on hydrogen power.
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The Harrier HydroShunter project will be the first conversion of its kind in the UK. The SVR has teamed up with the University of Birmingham and local start-up company, Vanguard Sustainable Transport Solutions for the scheme, and work is already under way at the heritage railway’s diesel depot at Kidderminster.
A 3D view of plans for the Harrier Hydroshunter from the University of Birmingham A team of young volunteers are stripping down the donor vehicle, and will be removing the existing diesel engine and generators and overhauling other components, as they prepare Class 08 shunter No 08635 to receive its new power system.
2021-04-23T00:01:00
UK: A Class 08 diesel-electric shunting locomotive is being converted to fuel cell power by the Severn Valley Railway heritage line, the University of Birmingham and hydrogen technology specialist Vanguard Sustainable Transport Solutions.
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