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Re: SMART's new rail seems very light
Author: Gary Waddell
Date: 11-29-2012 - 17:29

Assuming we use stick rail (39' sections) for calculations:

--- 273 pounds heavier per section of rail to use 136-lb/yd
--- ~270 sections of rail required to lay 5280-ft/mile of track
--- 73,920 additional pounds of steel laid per single mile of track

Talking strictly in terms of weight, scrap steel is hovering around $200/ton:

--- Every mile of 136-lb/yd will be at least ~$7400 more expensive
--- Assuming SMART re-lays all 70 miles (as single-track), cost difference is $500,000+



I'm sure that using scrap steel prices for guessing the infrastructure costs is easily low-balling it.

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  SMART's new rail seems very light synonymouse 11-28-2012 - 17:44
  Re: SMART's seems very light BOB2 11-28-2012 - 19:57
  Re: SMART's new rail seems very light Christian J. Goepel 11-28-2012 - 19:59
  Re: SMART's new rail seems very light ron 11-29-2012 - 08:42
  Re: SMART's new rail seems very light synonymouse 11-29-2012 - 10:30
  Re: SMART's new rail seems very light Rich 11-29-2012 - 10:58
  Re: SMART's new rail seems very light Jasper 11-29-2012 - 11:14
  Re: SMART's new rail seems very light Matt Farnsworth 11-29-2012 - 13:27
  Re: SMART's new rail seems very light Gary Waddell 11-29-2012 - 17:29
  Re: SMARTs seem very light BOB2 11-29-2012 - 13:24
  Re: SMARTs seem very light jimbo jones 11-29-2012 - 18:38
  Re: SMARTs seem very light Christian J. Goepel 11-29-2012 - 23:51
  Re: SMARTs seem very light Mr. Juppo 12-01-2012 - 16:56
  Re: SMARTs seem very light MG42 12-01-2012 - 20:22
  Re: SMARTs seem very light That Guy With The Genset 12-04-2012 - 12:58
  Re: SMARTs seem very light :O 11-30-2012 - 11:25


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