apr 23, 2021 - (UK) Vanguard Sustainable Transport Solutions, University of Birmingham & Severn Valley Railway heritage line - Conversion of a class 08 diesel-electric shunting locomotive with Fuel Cell

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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. ‘Vanguard has developed the HydroShunter to enable cost-effective retrofitting of diesel locomotives with clean, modern hydrogen-battery traction systems’, said the company’s Chief Engineer, Charles Calvert. ‘Using hydrogen produced from renewable electricity, the Harrier will be a clean and quiet loco that just happens to also be an innovation superstar at work on one of the UK’s leading heritage railways.’

https://www.railwaygazette.com/uk/harrier-hydroshunter-fuel-cell-locomotive-to-be-converted-from-class-08/58987.article

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