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I am interested to know if anyone can tell me if there are any regular freight flows that use the High Speed Rail network in Europe? I am specifically interested in the locomotive hauled freight as opposed to adapted High Speed Trains. This can be past...
Started by SNCF stephen on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at rmweb):
Hi Brian - I'm sure I remember reading in Modern Railways that... .
Http://www.rmweb.co....-stephens-blog/ - My blog detailing my mainly French railway modelling if there will be similar problems with the use of HS1 for freight.
For freight.
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This winter we are berthed in a marina which involves driving along side the main railway line to our favourite supermarket . Many occassions a passenger train (what I would call a 125) speeds by but haven't seen 1 goods train .
Are the "goods" not moved...
Started by old misery guts on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at grumpieroldmen):
And that's why you haven't seen any....
Common the freight (all by road) with a well known company, and was assured it would arrive between 08:00 and 13.
Oh, and staffed by rail workers.
Too expensive, fragmented network, lack of flexibility.
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After posting the GOURANGA - Class 60 image and hopefully not hjacking Cavs Outon Road Layout thread too much i had a request for some images of the sadly demised FREIGHT ONLY.
I have dozens of images some which were sent to MODEL RAIL for assessing for...
Started by Crisis Rail on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at rmweb):
Do you have a link to the original thread? Crisis Rail, on 14 January 2012 - 15:49 , said:
Original Also, do you remember Ian how you weathered the ballast on FREIGHT ONLY?
Jack
Modelling a UK remember Ian how you weathered the ballast....
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When I was a young lad I used to cross the continent on the freight trains.
Young Allen catching some breeze at 75 mph on the catwalk of engine #3, Canada Pacific fast freight. Outside Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, August 1973.
There were no open boxcars on...
Started by allen griggs on
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Of crossing the Country jumping & riding rail cars...glad I picked him up...interesting to say.
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Since MT closed all the mines down in the 80's, where do we get our coal from, and what effect did closing the mines have on the freight in the UK?
Started by ole man on
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By Rail from Cwmgrach, Guaen-Cae-Gurwen, Cwmbargoed, Avonmouth, not so sure about Tower Colliery.
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Railway Age news reported:
Intermodal rail service to and from the New York Container Terminal on
Staten Island has "exceeded all expectations," according to backers
including the New York City Economic Development Corp., the Port
Authority of New York...
Started by hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at omgili):
George and New Jersey.
Many shippers can do choose between
truck and rail, and will switch.
Rail and trucks aren't exactly a
relationship in the big picture.
That effect, or if it just augmented the
trucks, or at least some of them .
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What Mike Ward seems to be saying is that there customers are quite content having there intermodal trains take 3 days to get to Chicago from Albany. Germany runs high speed container trains at 100 plus MPH and France has a high speed mail train using...
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I once there that needs to get there overnight? Can rail compete for Air Freight? (Air Freight is 2 percentI think ....
And Louisiana shrimp need to stay fresh and won't survive the current freight rail trip to Chicago.
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This one has been flapping in the breeze for ages. I thought it was official but reading my local rag between the lines it sounds like only a Memorandum of Understanding was signed in December.
Plenty of info on the website though.
http://www.transport...
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Anyone on the short north route who goes....
However, one big ticket item is passing loop at Hexham .
Good one Skraw ,
I was a little mystified by the objective and the links to the planned works: objective traffic seems to be North Stratfield to Broadmeadow .
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DTD | West End: Katy freight depot demolished From an intra-office memo:
[T]he building at Ross and Record is to be torn down beginning tomorrow [April 29, 2006]. You may continue to park on the North end of this lot or at the North end of the lot on ...
Started by jason_newton43 on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at dallasmetropolis):
Dallas uber alles DTD | West End: Katy freight depot demolished I noticed the low-slung freight depot off Ross and Houston....
That's the old MKT Railroad freight, but funny.
Dallas uber alles Yep.
Rant always has my back.
Carriages on.
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On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:09:38 +1000, "Chris D" <ChrisD@nomail.com.au
AU, Rail freight doubles, on track for further growth
Philip Hopkins
The Age MEL June 16, 2008
THE volume of freight moving east-west by rail has doubled in the past
decade...
Started by Chris D on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at omgili):
On Mon Maurie, since the salient point is the
growth... .
The above sounds good except that Rail freight isnt
measured in GTKs , but NTKs of which charges, but tells you nothing about how much freight the
trains are actually carrying.
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