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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by CG9602 Here are some more links, for the Forum members' edification: http://www.unitedrail.org/pubs/corridors.htm http://www.unitedrail.org/pubs/nrhs/index.html These articles shoud provide a couple of points that are relevant to this post. [/quote] Two observations: Andrew Seldon uses the term "load factor" rather loosely. He is using it in reference to passenger miles per trip, when it would be more appropriate to use that term as a ratio of available space to "cargo", cargo being passengers, and use yearly figures rather than per trip figures. Using his logic, a LD train carrying 50 people 1000 miles per trip has a greater "load factor" than a shorthaul train carrying 400 people 100 miles per trip (50 x 1000 = 50,000 passenger miles while 400 x 100 = 40,000 passenger miles). Of course, the shorthaul trains have a greater cycyle frequency, and I would suspect the annual passenger miles totals are far greater for SD than LD. The truth is, LD's have poor utilization compared to SD's when far fewer people are using the relatively same amount of "cargo" space. Also if interest, Mr. Seldon also states the fact that Amtrak's market share is less than 1%, and he's a passenger rail advocate, not a right wing extremist rail basher! Hmmmmmm!
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