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Rail capacity
Posted by Kenny9ja on Thursday, February 5, 2015 6:28 AM

What are the likely factors influencing rail capacity? 

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Posted by greyhounds on Friday, February 6, 2015 2:45 PM

Kenny9ja
What are the likely factors influencing rail capacity? 

What type of capacity?  Do you mean trains per day, tons per day, passengers per day, or what?

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Posted by tree68 on Friday, February 6, 2015 3:35 PM

Or weight it can handle (limitations on the cars themselves notwithstanding?

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Posted by Paul_D_North_Jr on Friday, February 6, 2015 3:57 PM

Whole books and many papers have been written about this subject . . . see the AREMA, Barriger Library, and University of Illinois collections, among others.  It's not an exact science, either - weather, for one, can be a 'wild card' and have a huge effect.  Most of the Class 1's were reminded of that last winter . . .

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