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Re: Longest train?
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lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Tue, 21 Dec 1999 07:06:54 GMT
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johnneal@+AvoidSpam+uswest.net
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James Powell wrote:
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> Yes, that would be Canadian Pacific Railroad, the coal trains. Now they have
> the 6000HP AC engines doing that work...2.2% ruling grade, and it is hard on
> the equipment.
Speaking of CP, I just heard today that BNSF (The merged Burlington Northern and
Santa Fe) and Canadian Pacific are merging to form the largest network of track in
the world (50,000 miles) and is to be based in Montreal. What next, Coke and
Pepsi? McKing's? Macrosoft? Explorigator? Linux and Lucy?
-John
> From what you are saying, that is about 1/2 the HP...and the trains haven't
> got any lighter... It depends where though, since they only had the 12 engines
> on for a short part of the trip (I'm thinking about 4 hrs of it) (i'd have to
> find my book with them described to figure out which portion of the journey).
>
> If only freight rates were done right in this country, then we would have a
> electric rockies crossing, instead of the 12! diesels and such like. When I
> came across on 'The Canadian" from Vancouver to Long Lac Ontario, we had 2
> units on point, and that was with about 8 heavyweight passenger cars.
> (equpment car, 2 coaches, dome, 2 sleepers, 'beavertail', diner). Thats the
> winter train, and I can imagine the summer train with 2x the cars taking 2x the
> power...4 of our F40's (of however many we have left, at least it is no longer
> F units...)
>
> (back to lego!)
> The 60 cars strech about 2/3 of the way around my upper level. Getting them
> back down will be fun. Max 10 cars/3 engines on the grades, otherwise I have
> 'space' trains, rather than town ones...
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> I will see if I can borrow a video camera and take a film (but no, not of them
> launching!)
>
> James P
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| Not quite...it is CN and BNSF. :( although, I can see why. The Canadian railways have always had some US feeder lines (CN owned CV and GTW (CN used to be GT :) ). It makes sense, since the 2 railways in Canada compete with each other, and then the (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) the (...) engine, (...) Tha (...) Yes, that would be Canadian Pacific Railroad, the coal trains. Now they have the 6000HP AC engines doing that work...2.2% ruling grade, and it is hard on the equipment. From what you are saying, that is about (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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