NevadaNorthernFan901
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Hello Community,
What do you guys think about the railroads bringing back full main line running steam locomotives? As with new technology steam locomotives can get more effiecient and powerful with higher operating pressure with new metal alloys can make stronger boilers. With oil almost $100 dollars a barrel and diesel almost $4 per gallon don't you think this could be a consideration for railroads? I know there would be lots of cost in getting it going and manufacturing new steam locomotives, coal is fairly cheap depending on which coal you get as the price range from $14-$75 per ton from the Powder River Basin being the cheapest to the Penn state coal being the most expensive. Or the railroads all switch to electric power.
On top of that, the consideration for steam might get derailed as with the latest USGS report that the United States could have 2.8 Trillion barrels of oil locked up in its oil shales. But that won't last long with the developing world and the oil companies selling it overseas. All the years of getting screwed over and now we could possably turn the table against the middle east and OPEC as we would have more oil that the middle east has combined. But that also brings up enviromental concerns with extracting the oil.
What do you guys think of steam running again?
What do you guys think about the railroads bringing back full main line running steam locomotives? As with new technology steam locomotives can get more effiecient and powerful with higher operating pressure with new metal alloys can make stronger boilers. With oil almost $100 dollars a barrel and diesel almost $4 per gallon don't you think this could be a consideration for railroads? I know there would be lots of cost in getting it going and manufacturing new steam locomotives, coal is fairly cheap depending on which coal you get as the price range from $14-$75 per ton from the Powder River Basin being the cheapest to the Penn state coal being the most expensive. Or the railroads all switch to electric power.
On top of that, the consideration for steam might get derailed as with the latest USGS report that the United States could have 2.8 Trillion barrels of oil locked up in its oil shales. But that won't last long with the developing world and the oil companies selling it overseas. All the years of getting screwed over and now we could possably turn the table against the middle east and OPEC as we would have more oil that the middle east has combined. But that also brings up enviromental concerns with extracting the oil.
What do you guys think of steam running again?