QUOTE: Originally posted by Grinandbearit All this discussion and no one has mentioned what happens when a 90-100 mph passenger train ( which takes up space equivalent to 3 or 4 freight trains) is thrown into the mix.
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If GM "killed the electric car", what am I doing standing next to an EV-1, a half a block from the WSOR tracks?
QUOTE: Originally posted by Overmod Don -- with GREAT respect, the purpose of modern motive power is to be moving in revenue service as many hours of the day as possible. The more time power spends cut off a revenue train, the greater the opportunity waste. This is even more true for unit trains than for 'mixed freight' power that is idle between arrival at a yard and departure with the next made-up consist. There may be a potential gain with 'on-line' fueling at division points of a run-through train, particularly one with a long route. It takes fuel to carry fuel, and in other industries (admittedly for other reasons) you often find that operating procedure dictates running with less-than-full tanks at times. It would not make sense to accomplish refueling of a made-up consist in transit by cutting off power, moving it to a service rack, etc. each time, particularly if only a 'partial' load of fuel has to be transferred and the on-line fuel stop can be coordinated with other required stoppages of the train (e.g. Government-mandated distance between inspections of the train, or crew changes) I think we're all agreed that it is NOT optimal to have a required fuel stop directly on a critical piece of main. I would wonder whether 'fueling sidings' might make sense if coordinated properly, or whether containers or cars of fuel could be spotted at strategic locations on the road to permit 'topping up' at times the train is held for valid operational reasons.
QUOTE: Originally posted by Junctionfan Wouldn't it be cheaper if the railroads payed the crews by an annual salary than? Would the workers / unions go for that?
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