QUOTE: Originally posted by Junctionfan Good point but I asked myself this first. How many intermodals, commuters and passenger trains would you plan on operating on thease new lines if they were to build them. If the answer is enough for them to pay it off and get a return off of it in the future, I see little problem with it.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by BaltACD The entire systems operation is dictated and corntroled by the 'slowest' class of service, not the fastest.
QUOTE: Originally posted by garyaiki QUOTE: Originally posted by BaltACD The entire systems operation is dictated and corntroled by the 'slowest' class of service, not the fastest. So what's holding down the slowest class of service? If speeding up the slowest trains yields higher capacity and faster overall service, what's the problem?
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QUOTE: Originally posted by tree68 QUOTE: Originally posted by garyaiki QUOTE: Originally posted by BaltACD The entire systems operation is dictated and corntroled by the 'slowest' class of service, not the fastest. So what's holding down the slowest class of service? If speeding up the slowest trains yields higher capacity and faster overall service, what's the problem? Money. Coal doesn't need to move at 79+ mph, and the cost to make it move that fast would be prohibitive.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by Junctionfan If you decided to put a third rail down, you most definately couldn't have any railroad crossings.
QUOTE: Originally posted by futuremodal If projections regarding an explosion of intermodal demand in the near future ring true, then the feds have got to start planning now. Can the Interstate system handle the increase if the railroads are loathe to invest in the capacity improvements themselves?
QUOTE: Originally posted by broncoman So how much extra motive power would you need to guarantee that if one unit goes down that you wouldn't slow a train down as to slow the rest of the schedule? UP runs 2 and sometimes 3 units, usually SD70s on a JB Hunt hotshot over Donner summit, this is only with usually about 15 or so cars, 30 trailers/containers. The other question is aren't containers still tracked by paperwork and not by computer, so even though you may speed up the transit time, wouldn't the paperwork time still be the limiting factor? Just wondering.
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