Kinkisharyo

I haven't posted in a while, due to work, snow, ice, sleep, and you can imagine what else.  Kinkisharyo is a Japanese company that builds trains.  They have a prototype electric Streetcar that they will unveil here in Charlotte at the end of this week.  So I thought I would post some pictures of it in advance (kind of a no no).  It can charge under overhead power lines, for a mile or so, then operate without overhead lines on battery power for 4-5 miles.  This will allow it to travel through the business part of a city without the unsightly overhead lines, then charge in the outer terminal ends.