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CSX train ad - 423 mpg?
Topic started on 16-3-2008 @ 08:45 AM by jsobecky


You've probably seen the CSX ad where they ask "What can a car that gets 50 miles on a gallon of fuel do for the environment?" The car then drives up a ramp into a waiting railroad car.

The ad continues "Not nearly as much as the car that's carrying it. Our trains can move one ton of freight 423 miles on one gallon of fuel".

www.aar.org...

That's incredible fuel efficiency, no? How can a train accomplish that feat?



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reply posted on 16-3-2008 @ 12:33 PM by semperfortis


It's probably just mathematics...

I found this:

Big Car Economics

It states

Orders for high-capacity covered hopper cars and gondolas came in the wake of a finding that there's "an economic benefit" to increasing axle loads beyond the old 100-ton-per-car maximum.


So if each train car carries 100ton, or 200,000 pounds, how many "cars" could each Train Car carry? Then the train could get miserable mileage and still work out to the aforementioned figure..

I HATE math, but it seems logical to me..

Semper



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