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Originally Posted by MazdaMatt
400 miles per ton per gallon... That doesn't sound that great to me. A truck takes on 80 tons and gets 8mpg. So that's 640 miles per ton per gallon... am i missing something?
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Even if this were properly asserted, I haven't seen too many trucks that actually get 8 MPG, first of all, and to a truck, 640 miles is actually LESS overall distance than 400 miles is to a train.
Keep in mind, that the train goes straight, for the most part. It doesn't follow highways which go up, down, around, over, under, through, etc.
As far as railways in general being used, NS and CSX are the two largest that I know of... and the only two worth mentioning in the area, but there are several rail yards around here, as just about anywhere you'd find a mill or quarry, usually. (One that's been around since trains were in wide use.)