BEMU vehicles, - 'ever-ready' Irish rail - Bemused by batteries

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168687 - 7498 - Infrastructure study for BEMU operation
Publication date:  27-04-2020
Response deadline:  22-05-2020 12:00   Irish time
Procedure: Iarnród Éireann - Non OJEU Negotiated Procedure (Electronic)
Description: Iarnród Éireann - Irish Rail has a requirement for a consultancy service to provide all studies necessary to, and produce the cost estimate for 1. Life cycle costs of BEMU vehicles 2. Life cycle cost associated to BEMU operating infrastructure – battery charging system, sidings, turnouts, maintenance, etc
Buyer: Iarnród Eireann-Irish Rail

i suppose i can rip up two winters work of wiring my layout

and get the IRM battery version of the new BEMU.

no wires

i did say in a post some years ago, we should all change to batter op' model rail

ditch the wires and all

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Some of the guys in the US run some on battery under RC control in S gauge I think, they turn up at exhibitions now and again and it cuts out a lot of problems with multi-track wyes and reverse loops