cinders&ashes
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First time article poster, be gentle .
https://www.railengineer.co.uk/growing-rail-freight/
Interesting article concerning options to increase/improve rail freight. On electrification, the point is made that:
https://www.railengineer.co.uk/growing-rail-freight/
Interesting article concerning options to increase/improve rail freight. On electrification, the point is made that:
My bumbling amateur question is this: if electric with twice the power allows long and heavier trains, would it also therefore allow trains of the same size/weight as their diesel peers to travel at much higher speeds? If so, wouldn't this also solve some of the congestion issues on the mainlines? Even if they didn't travel at high speed, going faster than at present (and with no stations to stop at either) should mean less traffic issues and need for looping etc.the only way to run the longer, heavier freight trains that are essential for rail freight growth as electric locomotives have typically twice the power of a diesel locomotive (electric class 92 – 5MW, diesel class 66 – 2.2 MW)