Railroads can do that. With the newer Gevo & tier 6 units, they may be able to do it better. However, a couple things come to mind. Steel on steel creates far less rolling resistance than cushy tires on pavement. All that weight on very small resistance points also helps keep things going. Plus the inertia from all that weight. Fewer stops also helps. They're also running diesel for the most part. On a perfect day, the crew could technically knock down green signals their entire shift. Please note I said perfect day. There are a whole lot of deciding factors that can shoot that in the foot. I do insist a lot more freight & people should move by rail. Cost factors are rather limiting though, on many fronts. That & the big four plus two (Canada) have a stranglehold on this continent that really prevent things, in terms of affordable rail service, from happening. They're ok in the eyes of most people, as long as they can toot their horn about how good things are going, keep the paint shiny & the infrastructure polished & keep the antiques & history alive. Which, personally has become a big puppet show. I could go on for a long time about this, but unfortunately I have a dog that needs to go out & a Christmas tree to take down, etc. It is worth going out & researching the current status of the railroads on this continent. Provided you have the time. I would start at the deregulation or the railroads in 1980 & work your way up through time from there. Take notice of the huge changes that happened after 9/11 also. It should shine some light on why the railroads are the way they are now & how little has actually changed since people were crying about how bad it was back in the 70s.
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