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Sorry I don't do youtube anecdotes. I think you missed my point, my fault. Passenger trains and individual train cars do indeed weigh considerably less than fu
by infecto 2y ago
Sorry I don't do youtube anecdotes.
I think you missed my point, my fault. Passenger trains and individual train cars do indeed weigh considerably less than fully loaded freight. So yes....its not nothing but they are easily double the weight. Leading to my point that when you are 2.5x+ the weight, its a different engineering problem along with an issue of economics.
Freight cars are not loud only because of age but also because of weight and the challenges on both engineering and cost to remedy it. It is hard to compare a passenger train with a freight train, entirely different beasts.
- lukan 2y ago"It is hard to compare a passenger train with a freight train, entirely different beasts." Hm, for me they are quite simimlar. Just one was build to be more silent mainly for passenger comfort (it is inded nicer in the modern silent ones) and the other for most weight. But you could optimize freight trains for silence as well. All the loud metal scratching noises for example are avoidable, even with more weight. The ones I am talking about were just not build with noise in mind.
- infecto 2y agoGlad you agree with me then. It’s not about just buying new trains.