World's First Solar Powered Train - Byron Bay Australia

This is the worlds first Solar Powered Train, it made its first 6 km round trip, between the town of Byron Bay and North Beach in NSW Australia, making it the world’s first solar powered train, December 2017.
The Byron Bay Railroad Company, searched the country and found a dilapidated vintage1949-built 600 class train, called a ‘red rattler’, and spent $4 million dollars to restore it and get it up and running, including another $1.8 million dollars on restoring the 3km disused rail line, Plus a further $1 million dollars was spent on the train shed and two platforms at each end.
On its roof, the train boasts 6 kW of custom-made flexible solar panels, and are backed up by 77 kWh of battery storage, which has taken the place of one of the train’s two original diesel engines.
The train only uses about 4kwh for each one way trip, and has been able to make 16 trips, and only use 25% of its on board battery power, without any top up charging.
The train can also recharge while stopped at each station, which are also equipped with solar panels on the roofs.
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[@TerenceKearns]

Wow. I had no idea this existed and I live in Murwillumbah nearby. I got goosebumps when i saw the interior of the red rattler. I used to catch these on the western trainline in sydney all the way to Strathfield every school day back in the 80s. Ill have to take the kids for sure, although they've grown up now. Love solar power off grid.

[@GreenCanvasInteriorscape]

Handsome old beast
Renovated reused and updated,
Quite nifty, thank you

[@sparXKuijper]

Just Start building them EVERYWHERE !!!

[@jamienorris007]

From Little things. Big things grow.

[@daveweiss5647]

Very cool!

[@tankndg26]

The amount of energy the panels gives is a fraction of what it needs…there is no cost value…it for show only…

[@NewtonInDaHouseYo]

It seems to work for this specific application: It’s a relatively short distance and the train travels at a low speed. I like it!

[@markaurelius61]

@@NewtonInDaHouseYo And looks flat, and doesn't run very often

[@licencetoswill]

in fact the system makes more power that the train needs, and exports the rest to the grid.

[@djwindkind]

[@Carla-lovesfruit]

Does this train run on neutrino energy from the sun's power source?

[@lokesh303101]

Hybrid Trains!

[@ItsGroundhogDay]

Interesting but so prohibitively expensive that it's not practical or viable. which means that most governments will follow suit because they will never run out of your money.

[@normyanke2515]

somebody is fooling someone, does it sit fro a week and hope its sunny so it can charge onboard batteries make a trip and repeat? Possibly sit for a couple weeks recharging when there are few full clear sunny days?

[@markaurelius61]

It says it runs once an hour

[@licencetoswill]

it makes more power than it uses and exports the rest to the grid.

[@normyanke2515]

@@licencetoswill I guarantee there is no power left over, it can charge at each station and still has one diesel engine of two.

[@user-jc2we4sn1i]

dystopian

[@CathodeRayNipplez]

I'm disappointed it's not powered by fairy floss, organic ice-cream, unicorn farts and heaps of taxpayer money in the name of...
Oh, hang on...

[@Jordanpgates1]

I cannot imagine a larger waste of money than this. Is this a joke?

[@WonderWorldYTC]

is saving the planet a joke? need more solar tech.