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Re: 12,000 Ft. Trains from PierT - Long Beach
Author: pdxrailtransit
Date: 01-12-2015 - 16:42
ex-BN Wrote:
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> pdxrailtransit Wrote:
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> > ex-BN Wrote:
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> > > 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.
> >
> >
> > Actually the rationale is mentioned, crew
> starts.
>
> Actually I said that in my first line. "Crew
> costs" is real speak for "crew starts".
Just because I embedded this video on my blog does not mean that I necessarily endorse all aspects of the messsage contained therin. Bottom line, lots of great photography, pretty trains, and its the Harbor.
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> pdxrailtransit Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > ex-BN Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > 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.
> >
> >
> > Actually the rationale is mentioned, crew
> starts.
>
> Actually I said that in my first line. "Crew
> costs" is real speak for "crew starts".
Just because I embedded this video on my blog does not mean that I necessarily endorse all aspects of the messsage contained therin. Bottom line, lots of great photography, pretty trains, and its the Harbor.
