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Elon Musk on "battery breakthroughs": <a href="http://bgr.com/2017/08/04/elon-musk-tesla-battery-research-breakthrough/">http://bgr.com/2017/08/04/elon-musk-tesla-battery-research-breakthrough/</a> Make me a HO scale Plymouth ML-8 switcher (with sound) that will run for 6 hrs with no loss in pulling capacity.  No box car battery tender. Batteries have their place.  Its not in my locomotives (would be nice to add pickups to my intermodal cars to power the sound units in containers, vice having to lug around a bunch of 9volt batteries).   Also your onboard radio/bluetooth (battery or DC or DCC) has to comply with 47 CFR part 15. I like my wires.  Wires have mechanical connections.  Wires don't loose their charge overtime and have to be replaced (one time cost).  Wires can be plugged into one of Elon Musk's big wall battery packs and solar panel, and/or possibly 20kw diesel generator (because reasons)...about as close to battery powered as my trains will get. Am I a regressive thinker, sure, why not.  If regressive thinking is defined as being a practical person, then yes.  Can you run trains with battery powered radio control, yes, but the only guy I know who does it specifically is developing the technology because he says he doesnt like cleaning track.  He can get several hours out of a 4-6-4, but it is semi-permanently attached to a 72' baggage car...
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