[Apologies to those who see this twice because of a cross post.]
Researching the answer to a question posted in another venue, led to my discovering a "short line" railroad, with a total of about 2 and a half miles of track, and two power units, connecting Mobile Alabama (USA) with Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz (Mexico). How's that, you ask, how can you connect two points about 900 miles apart (give or take) with a shortline railroad with 2-1/2 miles of track, and two power units? Well, its easy when this <http://www.intship.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/fleet-4.jpg> is one of the power units.
Furthermore, one of the early departures of this "train" was videoed,
and the video can be downloaded from <http://www.cgrailway.com/MediaDownLoads/CR Railway Video.WMV>.
Looking further I find that this I see that Coatzacoalcos is near the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and that the isthmus is transited by a railroad of about 150 miles or so. Assuming an average of 6 baseboards per route mile, this would be about 900 boards. Anyone else interested in doing this real route?
Or, for that matter, the Bali Sea, or Banda Sea?
ns
Researching the answer to a question posted in another venue, led to my discovering a "short line" railroad, with a total of about 2 and a half miles of track, and two power units, connecting Mobile Alabama (USA) with Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz (Mexico). How's that, you ask, how can you connect two points about 900 miles apart (give or take) with a shortline railroad with 2-1/2 miles of track, and two power units? Well, its easy when this <http://www.intship.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/fleet-4.jpg> is one of the power units.
Furthermore, one of the early departures of this "train" was videoed,
and the video can be downloaded from <http://www.cgrailway.com/MediaDownLoads/CR Railway Video.WMV>.
Looking further I find that this I see that Coatzacoalcos is near the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and that the isthmus is transited by a railroad of about 150 miles or so. Assuming an average of 6 baseboards per route mile, this would be about 900 boards. Anyone else interested in doing this real route?
Or, for that matter, the Bali Sea, or Banda Sea?
ns
