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The eco4, a solar powered train designed for Bombardier train competition
March 17, 2011Trains naturally work greener than road travel, given that leaving your car home and opting for mass transit does save up on a load of fuel and keeps the air clean to a certain extent too. Argentinean industrial designer Francisco … Continue reading3
Posted in Transport | Tagged Solar_Powered, train | Leave a commentMagnetic levitating train, the EOL maglev uses solar panels
February 22, 2011It’s trains all over again. The last time we came across a train out to do some green was Japan’s new high speed rail corridor. Now, designer Vanja Valencak has come up with a train that’s equally fast, and is … Continue reading3
Posted in Transport | Tagged Magnetic_Levitating_Train, Solar_panel, train | Leave a commentKen Keiffer’s solar and battery powered Rawhide Express chugs along merrily
December 23, 2010We all love those little toy trains, and we just couldn’t help smiling after watching this one go buy. Ken Keiffer, a former marketing executive gave up his perfect job for something a lot more enjoyable, conducting the Rawhide Express. … Continue reading3
Posted in Transport | Tagged Battery_Power, Solar_Power, train | Leave a commentTaiwan’s first railway station powered by solar power built by local government
July 13, 2010TRA brings sunshine to the railway. The Taiwan Railway Administration (TRA) will open a sparkling new station, its first to be powered by the sun. The solar powered station will open up to commuters on July 14 and is an … Continue reading3
Posted in Architecture, Transport | Tagged Railway, Solar_panel, Station, Taiwan, train | Leave a commentMobile Garden is a garden on wheels
February 3, 2010With everything and everyone getting environmentally conscious the ‘Mobile Garden’ concept from American artist Joe Baldwin is a good idea, but somewhere it is not also. The mobile garden concept is a rail car that the Chicago Transit Authority will … Continue reading3
Posted in Transport | Tagged Garden, Green, train | Leave a comment