So, was reading a favorite blog of mine tonight (Oil-Electric.com) and I discovered this little gem.....
Are you tired of being handed "Mainline Routes" with Speed Restrictions no higher then 30MPH (In fact if one were to only believe most of our Trainz Routes as being prototypical one would have to believe its rare Dash9s and SD70 ACEs ever go above 25MPH...)? I know I am.... Class 1's regularly move freight in the 40-60MPH range, and have done so for as long as there have been engines capable of pulling profits at that speed.
As regards that, I found this little article detailing the estimated cost of required Track Maintenance (With detailed area analysis) for MLW Lines West of Miles City Montana (Basically their entire Mountain and Western Divisions) to Tacoma WA. It was done by a third party (Hired of course) in an effort to convince the US Government that the MLW could not afford to repair their lines west of here in preparation for abandonment of these lines.
It makes quite the read for anyone even remotely interested into *Why Speed Restrictions are put in place*. Further gives general info about the kinds of lengths involved and why these lengths are important "Heavy Curves, track needs to be re-curved" "10MPH Slow Order Mile post XXXX-XXXX" etc etc. Its only a handful of pages long, but if you have any interest in this kind of thing (Or even just MLW History), its worth a read. This report was one of the Nails in the Coffin for the Road.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-KLCSQAa-15MXFhN0dvVFRZTWs/edit?pli=1
Link Propogated from this Page/Site:
http://www.oil-electric.com/2012/10/halloween-on-monster-road-black-river.html
Author of this post is by no means owner of or has any claim to any material shared. All rights reserved by their respective owners I'm sure. Posted for Educational Purposes only and without permission of any parties whatsoever interested, legal, or otherwise.
-Falcus
Are you tired of being handed "Mainline Routes" with Speed Restrictions no higher then 30MPH (In fact if one were to only believe most of our Trainz Routes as being prototypical one would have to believe its rare Dash9s and SD70 ACEs ever go above 25MPH...)? I know I am.... Class 1's regularly move freight in the 40-60MPH range, and have done so for as long as there have been engines capable of pulling profits at that speed.
As regards that, I found this little article detailing the estimated cost of required Track Maintenance (With detailed area analysis) for MLW Lines West of Miles City Montana (Basically their entire Mountain and Western Divisions) to Tacoma WA. It was done by a third party (Hired of course) in an effort to convince the US Government that the MLW could not afford to repair their lines west of here in preparation for abandonment of these lines.
It makes quite the read for anyone even remotely interested into *Why Speed Restrictions are put in place*. Further gives general info about the kinds of lengths involved and why these lengths are important "Heavy Curves, track needs to be re-curved" "10MPH Slow Order Mile post XXXX-XXXX" etc etc. Its only a handful of pages long, but if you have any interest in this kind of thing (Or even just MLW History), its worth a read. This report was one of the Nails in the Coffin for the Road.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-KLCSQAa-15MXFhN0dvVFRZTWs/edit?pli=1
Link Propogated from this Page/Site:
http://www.oil-electric.com/2012/10/halloween-on-monster-road-black-river.html
Author of this post is by no means owner of or has any claim to any material shared. All rights reserved by their respective owners I'm sure. Posted for Educational Purposes only and without permission of any parties whatsoever interested, legal, or otherwise.
-Falcus