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Switzerland’s solar railway has been a success. What happens next? (www.euronews.com)

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

rocks, sand, parts, snow, ice all land between those tracks.

[–] Transform2942@lemmy.ml 1 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

The article mentions reinforcing the panels and also adding "brooms" to the underside of the trains. I don't know how it will shake out but it's possible with the brooms they get cleaned more regularly than rooftop ones. Perhaps it will be important to leave gaps so that rocks and train parts can fall down between them as they are swept off (thus hopefully limiting damage to a single panel)