Canada Just Built a Diesel Killer — And It's Already Going Global

Canada Just Built a Diesel Killer — And It's Already Going Global September 2024. A loaded coal train climbs out of Sparwood, British Columbia, into the Rockies. Heavy freight, steep grades, the kind of work railways have trusted to diesel for seventy years. But the locomotive at the front has no diesel engine, and the only thing coming out of it is water. It was built in the same Calgary shop that once kept steam engines running. And a major American railroad has already copied the design. In this video: how Canada's biggest railway turned old diesel locomotives into hydrogen locomotives without throwing the rest away, the Vancouver company with a forty-five year head start in fuel cells, the hydrogen truck hauling double trailers between Edmonton and Calgary, and the country that went all in on hydrogen trains and had to bring the diesel back. 📘 GUIDES: Diesel rides along with every truckload of food to your grocery store. Our guides show practical ways to cut your grocery bills and everyday costs, one written for Canadian homeowners and one for American homeowners. 👉 Links in the pinned comment 👍 Like if you learned something 🔔 Subscribe to Made in Canada to see what this country builds next 💬 Do you remember the last steam engines, or the first diesels, coming through your town? CHAPTERS 0:00 The coal train with no diesel 0:42 The three-billion-gallon problem 2:25 From steam to diesel to hydrogen 4:23 How you take the diesel out of a diesel locomotive 6:15 Ballard's 45-year head start 8:06 Trucks, buses, port cranes and a cautionary tale 9:45 America copies the Calgary design 11:28 The country that brought diesel back 13:22 Why Canada 14:59 A grain train leaving Calgary in 2040 16:34 From the Rockies to your store shelf