2000# can go farther on a gallon of gas by rail,then
any other mode of transportation,and think how many
semi's it takes off the road...
For Instance:
BNSF Train Z-CHCSSE-9
TOFC Intermodal
Chicago(Cicero,Ill) to South Seattle(Seattle,Wa)
53 hrs-Priority Intermodal
usually operates between 140-180 Semi trailers..
This train takes over 150 trucks/trailers off the road
daily.And that doesnt include trains w/COFC and Double
Stacks.30-40 trains a day on the Seattle-Chicago
MainLine
This train(as of 2000 hrs today)should be between
LaCrosse,Wi and Prescott,Wi.Will have 3 BNSF Dash
9-44CW's or 3 ES44DC's
David Digney
Railfan & Stockholder
BNSF(Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad)
>
> I interviewed their manager of passenger operations.
> They run tourist trains
> out of Jim Thorpe, PA on the weekends. He had an
> idea of running weekend
> shoppers trains to and from area towns. However, in
> order to serve some
> interested area towns, he would need to run trains
> on NSC tracks. NSC will
> not permit passenger service on its tracks except
> where AMTRAK agreements
> are in place. It is a shame because rail is so much
> more energy efficient
> than road travel.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <jon@dakota-truck.net>
> To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 6:51 PM
> Subject: DML: Trains (was: Made in China) and still
> offtopic :-)
>
>
> >
> > "Andy Levy" <andy.levy@gmail.com> wrote:
> > [...]
> >> If he could hop on a train, it'd be better all
> around. But even for
> >> those shorter trips, we need faster trains to
> make them viable in most
> >> peoples' eyes, because the average speed is still
> much lower than the
> >> interstate.
> >
> >
> > Its too bad, really. Trains have a rather
> intangible romantic
> > quality about them. I'm a big fan of the various
> travel series done
> > by Michael Palin with the BBC. (Around the World
> in 80 Days, Sahara,
> > etc. - there are quite a few of them.) Anyway, he
> is something of a
> > trainspotter, and in those series he does a lot of
> travelling on
> > trains. (Mostly because that is the best way to
> get around in many
> > countries.)
> >
> > I definitely don't think that they should be
> artificially propped
> > up ala Amtrak, but I would bet the private sector
> could make them work
> > again in at least some respects. (IIRC, it was
> the government's
> > involvement which hastened rail's demise in the
> first place. I know
> > I'm sounding like a broken record on that theme,
> but I'm positive I
> > read that somewhere.)
> >
> > I haven't studied this topic at all, but it is
> my impression that
> > trains are pretty great as far as freight goes.
> In fact, I heard a
> > commercial the other day which I guess was
> intended to attract
> > customers to trains, I don't recall the exact
> details since I was only
> > paying half attention, but I *think* they said
> that they could move a
> > ton of cargo 1,000 miles on one gallon of fuel.
> (The basic jist of
> > the commercial was to compare the economy of
> fright trains to
> > automobiles and trucking.) Anyway, I don't know
> if those figures I
> > gave are the correct ones, but whatever they were
> it was pretty
> > impressive. I've been doing some work in a house
> near a set of tracks
> > that run through WNY between Cleveland and
> Buffalo, and have been
> > surprised at their frequency. There are a LOT of
> trains going through
> > that corridor.
> >
> > In one of the Michael Palin travelogues I
> mentioned above, he takes
> > a bullet train in Japan, which was quite
> impressive. 150mph, I
> > believe, though it seemed more like an airline
> experience than an old
> > fashioned train journey. :-) It would no doubt
> take a considerable
> > infrastructure investment (privately funded,
> please!) :-) to be able
> > to handle those kinds of trains here, but its
> interesting to think
> > about.
> >
> > --
> > -Jon-
> >
> > .- Jon Steiger -- jon@dakota-truck.net or
> jon@jonsteiger.com -.
> > | '96 Kolb Firefly, '96 Suzuki Intruder,
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> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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