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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by mhurley87f</i> <br />The point of my original respnse was, "What's the benefit of running 1 mile/2 mile long trains through, say Clapham Junction, Willesden Junction, Stratford, Leeeds West?? Any***up and the Fat Controller's blood would be on the moon !! <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />The point is, that setting any arbitrary limit for train length (or forcing any arbitrary train length) is stupid since then trains lose much of their flexibility. <br /> <br />Ling freights pretty much mean that in the night, when psgr traffic is light, much more capacity could be utilised. This way railroads could recapture some traffic they lost to trucks and ships. The advantage of railroads is quantity, limiting it is at least moronic.
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