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You got me thinking about long trains again, Gabe. About what kind of lengths today's trains can reach and still be practicable. I know it's not uncommon for the CN in my area to run contrainer trains upwards of 12,000 feet, and I think the longest they ever ran out of roberts bank was 14,000 feet. That was with all power on the head end. There seem to be a few major obstacles that get in the way of these great long trains. 1) Coupler/Drawbar strength 2) Infrastructure (Grade Crossings being blocked and yard tracks/sidings only being so long) 3) Time it takes to charge the train up, especially in the winter/cold weather 4) Time it takes the train to get through temporary slow orders 5) Time it takes to do inspections and give the train a brake test I always like seeing the long trains, but it seems that there are too many obstacles in today's world too see trains get too much more longer than they are already running. I'm sure with DPUs trains could essentially reach 25,000 feet, but at that point, everything around them would simply come to a grinding halt..... everything from the time it takes for the train to double over again and again and again to yard, to the length of times crossings would be blocked, even if the train was traveling at 20 - 30MPH. It would be cool to see, though.
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