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Old September 19th 10, 02:37 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Mark
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Default Electric locomotion will replace internal combustion

On Sep 18, 6:25*pm, wrote:
Mark wrote:
On Sep 18, 5:06*pm, wrote:


Or maybe you don't know that trains only run on tracks?


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Jim Pennino


Wow! *Is that right? *Well, that changes everything.


Yep, it means your wet dream of replacing trucks with trains in the US
is just that, a wet dream.

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Jim Pennino

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You cannot replace trucks with trains.

You can create a modern infrastructure that promotes
electric trains to take over a percentage of the total annual
freight being moved. You can cater to the trucking industry
such that this is an attractive option.

I haven't checked into it, but it seems reasonable that
if cars can go electric, so can trucks. Give them larger
motors.

Then send them to the train station. g

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Mark