"Now BNSF has gone to the stupidity of combining coal trains that put DP units in the middle."
What's the downside of this 2x2x2 arrangement?
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I think BNSF ended that arrangement very quickly of combining coal trains.
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| Posted by Andrew on August 24, 2020 | |
How many cars are there in this train, how long and what would the load be? Much longer than we normally see over here.
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Answer some questions...1st off this above is not a combined coal train, it is a normal 130-35 car coal train that has DPs in the middle due to the Rutledge Hill. As for BNSF combo coal trains they are usually 2 normal size coal trains and end up around 240-270 cars and up to 40,000 tons. Which on alot of the railroad they run, the grades make the train extremely challenging.
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