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Look people, we have different standards than Europe. You'll probably never find any trains of great length in Europe like we have here in the northern americas. Their engines, although very powerful are also very lightweight. The AEM7's that we use on Amtrak, are 7000 hp, but weigh just 92 tons. They perform best when a consist is kept to less than 6-7 amfleet cars. When you start making the consist longer or adding in a couple of heritage or veiwliner cars, they take much longer to accelarate and hold at speed. Europe's axle lading is much lighter than ours', is why much of their freight equipment still has 2 axle cars, while we've had 4-6 axle cars for over a century. Not saying we can't have high speed freight service, but their has to be an extensive investment into it or it will be doomed from the start. By the way, you can't run 6 axle locomotives at high speed due to severe truck hunting. 4 axle loco's are best suited for the job. <br /> <br /> <br />Glenn <br />A R E A L RAILROADER...A TRUE AMERICAN!!!
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