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Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 6 May 2005 22:27:30 GMT
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Frank Filz wrote:
> But yea, the operational costs are the biggest factors, and such costs are
> the reason for many of the differences between US and European
> railroading. -The distances in the US are huge compared to European (of
> course Russian, Australian, Indian, and Chinese railroads have similar
Don't forget the weight per axle... in Europe it's almost nowhere allowed to
go over 22.5 metric tons (21 being most common in the Netherlands), while
I've heard it's sometimes over 30 in the USA. Shared bogies here under
container cars are common, but both cars can only handle 60ft one high,
therefore (with 6 axles total) they almost always remain below 22.5t/axle.
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Jan-Albert van Ree | http://www.vanree.net/brickpiles/
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