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Tom asks, [quote]QUOTE: What is causing the trains to run below the speed limits of the line in question?[/quote] 1. Congestion 2. Crews going dead online 3. Increased frequency of derailments, delaying other trains 4. Lack of dispersed redundancy to mitigate #3 5. Laws of physics - longer heavier trains are naturally slower than shorter lighter trains ......and we can add more generalized things, such as....... 6. Loss of superior track alignments to more inferior alignments (see BNSF in Washington) 7. Paper barriers that force usage of heavier used lines rather than less used lines 8. Stubborn refusal to allow the transloading of certain commodities to other modes which would free up capacity 9. Clinging to old technologies aka CTC when newer technologies are available to streamline operations aka GPS 10. HAL, which require more cautious operating procedures 11. Clinging to old technologies aka air brakes when newer technologies are available to speed up operations aka ECP 12. Lack of directional running where available 13. Insufficient hp/ton ratios, forcing engines to work harder and slower 14. Government regulations that force trains to slow through urban areas, et al 15. Inherently incompetent monopolistic management that predicates ineffecient operations e.g. lack of intramodal competition
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