Battery Technology Options – Amarjit Soora, ZTR, Shane Sledge, Norfolk Southern, and Chad Muir, East Penn Manufacturing Co.
Lead acid batteries have been the predominant battery type on diesel electric locomotives in North America. This paper looks at how starting technologies have evolved and possible battery alternatives.
AAR AESS and Battery Task Force Update – Sid Bakker, TPSC
An update on the findings from the AAR TAG. Some notes and focus on AESS settings and deficit charge.
Locomotive Storage – Various Contributors from Electrical Committee
As more locomotives go into storage due to Precision Railroading, the committee has refreshed a previously published paper from the electrical committee entitled “Locomotives Placed in Storage – Electrical.”