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how high is the world's highest railroad? 16,400 feet (where is the oxygen mask?)
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I wonder what motive power is going to run those trains at that kind of altitude. I suspect the Chinese are going to have to use some kind of supercharged diesel- although an electric locomotive would not (guessing here) be adversely effected by altitude. <br /> <br />Haven't heard about railroads using oxygen bottles for crews although I read once that some US railroad used a respirator for crews on steam locomotives going through tunnels. Apparently, crews were known to pass out from the lack of ventilation- and the respirators filtered out the soot and gunk the tunnel trapped. <br /> <br />Erik
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