CSX gets 400 mpg on their trains fully loaded?

[Guest GMoney]

Please explain there has to be a catch... this is for Brian maybe? I just saw a commercial, i know commercials aren't aways exactly truthful but come on.

[AJ]

you missed the part that they say they get like 4,000 LBS 400 miles on one gal. yes maybe but how much does the whole train weigh lol.

[grease monkey]

in case you did not know...... trains run are electric. they only use fuel to produse the electreicy that they use. they have a diesel engine that converts "fuel" or diesel as you may know it into electricity. electric motors have torque off the starting line. unlike gas or diesels that need rpms to make that torque. so electricity wins. hands down. yes csx is right on their useage calims.

[IEATLT1]

parts monkey hit the nail on the head!

[AJ]

so then all the trains are hybrid and gas prices should be lower lol.

[ImUrOBGYN]

Saw that commercial, too.

 

Now, the next question is... How hard would it be to to do a motor swap?

[Kevin R.]

you missed the part that they say they get like 4,000 LBS 400 miles on one gal. yes maybe but how much does the whole train weigh lol.

 

True. So .000002 mpg?

[KillJoy]

I would not be suprised if Train Freight had a slight (or even decent) bump in business lately.

 

On the same hand, that would lower Semi Freight.

 

I had the thought a week or so ago about traveling by train. It would take about the same time to get where ever you were going verses driving, you just would not pay gas, only your train ticket.

 

KillJoy

[SpaceGhost]

I saw a story on the news that Amtrack is making a comeback, the government has been bailing them out, sales are up. I can't wait for the second depression to hit so I can become a grifter and ride the rails.

[mmrmnhrm]

And I'm sure momentum plays a huge role in that as well... Sure it takes a lot of energy to get started, but once you're moving, it's just gonna keep on rolling.

[Patrick]

I would not be suprised if Train Freight had a slight (or even decent) bump in business lately.

 

On the same hand, that would lower Semi Freight.

 

I had the thought a week or so ago about traveling by train. It would take about the same time to get where ever you were going verses driving, you just would not pay gas, only your train ticket.

 

KillJoy

 

I loved it, but my only complaint is you have to be in Fostoria around 5am to take a trip west, not too much later to go east. I wish we still had a station, I would be all over the US by train.

[cptn janks]

if a train leaves Boston for New York at 7am and travels at 60mph, will it beat a train leaving Providence at 6am traveling 45mph?

[Patrick]

if a train leaves Boston for New York at 7am and travels at 60mph, will it beat a train leaving Providence at 6am traveling 45mph?

 

http://www.maniacworld.com/train-head-on-collision.jpg

[kizzzzle]

HAHAHAHA thats bad news^^. And ya I agree once those things get goin there gonna keep going and going and going and going... Have I heard that somewhere before?

[Guest GMoney]

Thanks guys i knew i missed part of the commerial, or a marketing number...

[Forrest Gump 9]

I think you guy miss the most important part of the ad. It's 423mpg per ton, not the whole train. If it was really 423mpg for the whole train, the Amtrack wouldn't need the gov. to bail out and CSX profit would be more than Exxon.

[jeffmeden]

But is that a long or short ton? Either way, a comparable truck would have to get around 20mpg to compete with that. And yes, rail usage is way up given that it's so much more expensive to ship by truck now. Just take a look around the 70/270 west freight yards, between the rail yard and the truck yards you see a LOT more trucks just sitting around, and a lot more trains coming and going.