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Skriven 2010-01-19 14:17:01 av Roy Witt (1:387/22)
   Kommentar till text 3300 av Bob Ackley (1:300/3)
Ärende: The Evil That Men Do
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18 Jan 10 06:20, Bob Ackley wrote to TIM RICHARDSON:

 BA> Replying to a message of TIM RICHARDSON to WARD DOSSCHE:

 TR>> The rail system in America would need some pretty intense
 TR>> and expensive overhaul to support trains that ran 300km/h
 TR>> (over 185mph).

 BA> Yes it would.  I don't think Amtrak's Acela goes that fast, but they
 BA> had to rebuild a good hunk of the right-of-way it uses.  Acela runs
 BA> between Boston and NYC (when it runs).

 TR>> The curves and hills, not to mention the tunnels and bridges
 TR>> out here in the western U.S., would not, as they are right
 TR>> now, support such speeds.

 TR>> Although passenger trains do not reach the weight limits
 TR>> that freight trains do, the tracks as they are right now
 TR>> would not support such speeds.

 BA> A loaded grain hopper weighs about 90 tons.  A loaded coal hopper
 BA> weighs a bit more (note that grain hoppers are mostly made of steel
 BA> and the modern coal hoppers are made of aluminum - and are much
 BA> more fragile).  Trains of 100 or more of either are not uncommon
 BA> around here.

 BA> Also note that the automobile haulers are about eighty feet long -
 BA> most freight cars, including hoppers, are about forty feet long -
 BA> although sixty foot long railcars are not uncommon.

 BA> I suspect that European railcars are somewhat smaller and lighter.

At Rohr Manufacturing Co. in Chula Vista, suburb of San Diego, they built
light rail cars for several railroads and trollies, including some for
those 'fast' trains in Europe.

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