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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by foureasy</i> <br /><br />How much trouble would it be to get all full hieght stacks together instead of a mish mash low/high consist. Seems the added time required would surely <br />decrease fuel usage due to wind resistance.Am i wrong? <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Good observation. That is one of the prime reasons behind the stack n'half..... <br /> <br />http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/srchnum.htm <br /> <br />(search for patents 6,546,878 and 6,510,800) <br /> <br />.....which you should see in about 10 or 15 years, knowing how slow railroads are to implement new equipment......
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