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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by MichaelSol [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard 6 locomotives and 4 T&E...guessing two trains a day working as a turn plus a twice weekly coal drag.... [/quote] Currently handling an average of 15 carloads a day. At twice a week, each "coal drag" would average 23 carloads. The rest of the traffic would generate 8.2 carloads per day, 11.5 per day if its a five day-a-week railroad. "Two trains a day" sounds high ... and a bit expensive. [quote]QUOTE: Locomotives: 2 4 axle units(2000hp) and 4 six axle units (3,000+hp)[/quote] That's 16,000 available horsepower for something between 11 and 34 carloads a day. The proposal suggests a substantially "over-powered" railroad. Is there a reason for that much available horsepower for these size trains? Best regards, Michael Sol [/quote] Michael - You can't apply big road metrics to a short line of this size. Too few resources. See my comments below concerning locomotive reliability and the need to pool power to offline destinations. I'm not sure where the two trains daily is coming from. I'd see a local plus coal trains as needed. Coal trains now are typically once weekly and are 80 cars. Obviously, the trains will grow as the customers do. Given that this line is much closer to the coal than the loadouts that the two new customers are currently trucking to it seems likely they will use it. You'll notice our projections are at the low end of the range given that customers tend to inflate numbers. LC
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