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Re: 12,000 Ft. Trains from PierT - Long Beach
Author: ex-BN
Date: 01-12-2015 - 14:43

Other than crew costs where are the efficiencies of longer trains? This PR piece spends almost the entire time comparing the 12,000 foot train to trucks. At one point it was stated that is saves locomotives and the environment. Again, how does a 12k train with 7 locomotives save over two shorter trains? I would think terminal difficulties of building these trains and yarding them would dig into any crew savings. And how about the 12,000' walk when the DP on the rear quits and needs attention? Oh wait, that never happens.

I don't really care how long a train they run in California but I thought the video was a lot of "lite FM" and really just a slick PR ad.

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  12,000 Ft. Trains from PierT - Long Beach Pdxrailtransit 01-12-2015 - 10:59
  Re: 12,000 Ft. Trains from PierT - Long Beach SLOCONDR 01-12-2015 - 12:25
  Re: 12,000 Ft. Trains from PierT - Long Beach Bruce Holleran 01-12-2015 - 14:04
  Re: 12,000 Ft. Trains from PierT - Long Beach ex-BN 01-12-2015 - 14:43
  Re: 12,000 Ft. Trains from PierT - Long Beach pdxrailtransit 01-12-2015 - 14:54
  Re: 12,000 Ft. Trains from PierT - Long Beach Joe Magruder 01-12-2015 - 15:42
  Re: 12,000 Ft. Trains from PierT - Long Beach ex-BN 01-12-2015 - 16:37
  Re: 12,000 Ft. Trains from PierT - Long Beach pdxrailtransit 01-12-2015 - 16:42
  Re: 12,000 Ft. Trains from PierT - Long Beach HollySugarSW1 01-13-2015 - 10:29
  Re: 12,000 Ft. Trains from PierT - Long Beach Vern Moore 01-12-2015 - 18:39
  Re: 12,000 Ft. Trains from PierT - Long Beach M. Smith 01-12-2015 - 19:27
  Re: 12,000 Ft. Trains from PierT - Long Beach trainjunkie 01-13-2015 - 06:58
  Re: 12,000 Ft. Trains from PierT - Long Beach pdxrailtransit 01-13-2015 - 14:48
  Re: 12,000 Ft. Trains from PierT - Long Beach Chas 01-12-2015 - 23:01


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