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Re: How 3rd Rail Running Commuter Rail Could Have Avoided / Ameliorated Fiery Crash |
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Posted by ElectricTraction on Tue Feb 17 18:03:11 2015, in response to Re: How 3rd Rail Running Commuter Rail Could Have Avoided / Ameliorated Fiery Crash, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Mon Feb 16 20:00:18 2015. Diesel just can't be as good as electric. Electric locomotives perform better. Sure, diesels have gotten better, and in terms of tractive effort, there is no difference. But in terms of acceleration and speed, diesels aren't nearly as good. And then there's CO2 emissions and fuel cost. Sure, there's biodiesel, but that's not as good as electrical operation.Imagine if the country had that kind of attitude in the 1950's. We'd have no interstate system today. Unfortunately, our pols are too stupid to see the future potential for rail, and refuse to put anything significant into rail outside of a couple of small projects in the NYC metro area, which are baby steps in the right direction but still far too little. People don't really care if their train runs on diesel or electric. But they darn well do care how fast it gets them places, which electrics do far better than diesels. |
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