The 1904 " Pope-Waverley Edison Battery Wagon " was a US $ 2250.
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In 1927, an experiment was conducted on the Little River Branch when the Edison battery-electric railcar was trialled.
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Was also a component in the nickel-iron battery, also known as the Edison Battery, and is a component in fuel cells.
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The Methanometer could be powered by an Edison battery cap lamp and it could be carried on a miner's belt with other tools.
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The body was built by Boon & Stevens, the noted tram-car builders of Christchurch, in 1926, and equipped with Edison battery-electric equipment.
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Suburban and regional passenger services have operated to termini including Ferrymead, Lyttelton, Rolleston, Edison battery-electric railcar operated passenger services between Christchurch and Little River.
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The most successful of the experimental and early railcars was the Edison battery-electric railcar, which provided a popular twice-daily service on the Little River Branch line in Canterbury.
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The year after the Leyland's trials arguably the first successful railcar was built, the Edison battery-electric railcar that ran for eight years on the Little River Branch before its destruction by fire.
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Conditions created by the Great Depression meant it simply was not possible to build a replacement, and the Edison battery-electric railcar's legacy was left as that of a promising and unique experiment that may have achieved its full potential in more prosperous times.
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Previously, the Little River Branch's passenger services had been provided by mixed trains that carried both passengers and goods and ran to slow schedules as they had to load and unload freight regularly, and the Edison battery-electric railcar was introduced as a faster and more desirable alternative.