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  • US Trains (was Re: OT: air india crash)

    From Vir Campestris@21:1/5 to Joe on Sun Jul 20 21:07:29 2025
    On 17/07/2025 09:07, Joe wrote:
    On Thu, 17 Jul 2025 07:43:21 +0100
    Andy Burns <[email protected]> wrote:

    Marland wrote:

    You aren’t a container , there is little capacity to increase
    freight and get more of those pesky lorries off the road because
    the passenger trains are in the way.

    Maybe. Around here they seem to have been raising bridges to improve
    the rail usage (Hi-cube containers) I haven't noticed lots of daytime
    freight passing through the stations while I'm waiting, but around
    Lincolnshire they seem to be using many more (and much longer) trains
    during the day, which isn't popular with locals in towns divided by
    level-crossings.

    Those who have driven in the USA will have waited at crossings while a
    few big diesels pulled containers past for several minutes. I waited
    for one I estimated at about a mile and a half long, pulled by five
    locos. But only one driver.

    I have seen trains in North America (forget whether USA or Canada) where
    there are some locos at the front, then a couple more further down the
    train.

    Andy

    --
    Do not listen to rumour, but, if you do, do not believe it.
    Ghandi.

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  • From Marland@21:1/5 to Vir Campestris on Mon Jul 21 07:28:50 2025
    Vir Campestris <[email protected]d> wrote:
    On 17/07/2025 09:07, Joe wrote:
    On Thu, 17 Jul 2025 07:43:21 +0100
    Andy Burns <[email protected]> wrote:

    Marland wrote:

    You aren’t a container , there is little capacity to increase
    freight and get more of those pesky lorries off the road because
    the passenger trains are in the way.

    Maybe. Around here they seem to have been raising bridges to improve
    the rail usage (Hi-cube containers) I haven't noticed lots of daytime
    freight passing through the stations while I'm waiting, but around
    Lincolnshire they seem to be using many more (and much longer) trains
    during the day, which isn't popular with locals in towns divided by
    level-crossings.

    Those who have driven in the USA will have waited at crossings while a
    few big diesels pulled containers past for several minutes. I waited
    for one I estimated at about a mile and a half long, pulled by five
    locos. But only one driver.

    I have seen trains in North America (forget whether USA or Canada) where there are some locos at the front, then a couple more further down the
    train.

    Andy


    It eases the stress on the wagon couplings to distribute the power along
    their long trains.

    GH

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