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Hi Dave,
On 8-Sep-12, at 10:03 PM, David & Alison Webster wrote:
> Hi Chris & All, Sept 8, 2012
> I tried to access oil end game but just seemed to get stuck in
> various RIM branches.
It's now available from here:
http://oilendgame.com/ReadTheBook.html
> What I have seen here or elsewhere convinces me that the real
> opportunities for efficiencies in movement of goods and people has
> been overlooked.
>
> Most energy is consumed (on level grade) during the period of
> acceleration. Long freight trains are the extreme example and, in
> this day and age, it is madness to stop an entire train just to add
> or subtract a few rail cars.
>
> With, e.g. a locomotive at both ends, cars to be off loaded
> contiguous and using computer control for all actions, one could
> break the train aft of the off section, switch the tail to a left
> siding, break the off section free, switch it to a right siding,
> capture it side-car fashion using a third but light locomotive,
> switch the aft section back onto the main track, join the ends and
> carry on. Adding cars would be the reverse of the above.
>
> Ideally of course cars would be added such that the next off
> section would always be at the end of the train.
A neat idea!
Cheers!
Chris
Christopher Majka - columnist, Rabble.ca
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Email: c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca
http://rabble.ca/blog/26142
"The significant problems of our time cannot be solved by the same
level of thinking that created them." - Albert Einstein
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Chris & All, =
Sept 8, =
2012</font></div><div><font size=3D"2"> I tried to =
access oil end game but just seemed to get stuck in various RIM =
branches.</font></div></div></span></blockquote><div><br></div><div>It's =
now available from here:</div><div><br></div><div><span =
class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre"> <a =
href=3D"http://oilendgame.com/ReadTheBook.html">http://oilendgame.com/Read=
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size=3D"2"> What I have seen here or elsewhere =
convinces me that the real opportunities for efficiencies in movement of =
goods and people has been overlooked.</font></div><div><font =
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Most energy is consumed (on level grade) during the period of =
acceleration. Long freight trains are the extreme example and, in =
this day and age, it is madness to stop an entire train just to add or =
subtract a few rail cars.</font></div><div><font =
size=3D"2"></font> </div><div><font size=3D"2"> =
With, e.g. a locomotive at both ends, cars to be off loaded =
contiguous and using computer control for all actions, one could =
break the train aft of the off section, switch the tail to a left =
siding, break the off section free, switch it to a right siding, capture =
it side-car fashion using a third but light locomotive, switch the aft =
section back onto the main track, join the ends and carry on. Adding =
cars would be the reverse of the above.</font></div><div><font =
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Ideally of course cars would be added such that the next off section =
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neat =
idea!</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers!</div><div><br></div><div>Chris</div=
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