Sep 1, 2024
"Electrification of freight costs $2 million per mile for single track to $5 million for double track Costs can skyrocket if there are a lot of overpasses or tunnels."
That's why the strongly dominant model being worked on for rail electrification retrofitting plans today is wire ground routes and have battery cars for bridges and tunnels. It's much cheaper than retrofitting places that are hard to electrify.