On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 02:19:39 -0700, Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sat, Aug 30, 2003 at 01:44:43AM +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > ..2 reason diesel-electric locomotives are popular; they are > > about as clean as your average power utility, and they dont > > put heavy loads on the power grids. > > Nope, and nope. Diesel electrics are popular because they give the > most bang for the buck. Vastly more efficient than gasoline engines > and mechanical transmissions (it's 2003, why can't I get a diesel > electric car?, with fewer moving parts than the steam engines it > replaced. This makes them dirt cheap and bloody reliable. The > railroads really couldn't give a damn about how much electric they're > using since they're not having to string thousands apon thousands of > miles of overhead lines (another costly expense railroads don't bother > with unless they can get economic benefit from the typically heavier > and faster trains that electrified lines run). ..I picked 2 reasons, and you gave another 3. ;-) > > > ..the locomotive engineers needs to be onboard and alive and > > capable of preventing anyone from tampering with the dead > > mans button system, to stop their freight trains. FUD? ;-) > > Never mind the deadman button is usually unmarked and when you need to > press it will *not* be familiar to the vast majority of people out > there. ..relax, if the dead mans button _is_ left alone, or the engineer falls onto it, the train stops. Feature. ;-) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
