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Railroads Gain on Coal Shipping Rebound From Record Low
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-...shipping-rebound-from-record-low-freight.html
By Jeff Kearns
May 1, 2013


Railroads in the U.S. such as Union Pacific Corp. and Burlington Northern Santa Fe may be rolling past the record slump in coal volume as costlier natural gas and summer weather rekindle demand from the nation’s power plants.

The seven largest railroads hauled 106,728 carloads of coal in the week ended April 20, up 22 percent from a record low at the end of 2012, Association of American Railroads data show. With coal accounting for 21 percent of all carloads, the gain helps mend a weak patch for an industry challenged by a decline in coal volumes that began in 2008.

Shipments of coal, the largest source of energy for electrical power generation around the world, slumped at all three of the biggest U.S. railroads last year as utilities began switching to natural gas. Rising natural gas costs, combined with a pickup in the economy and forecasts for a warmer summer, indicate the hit to rail revenue from coal is dissipating...

Fort Worth, Texas-based BNSF handled 33 percent of the coal hauled in the U.S. and Canada last year, the biggest share among the seven largest railroads, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Union Pacific was second with 26 percent, followed by Norfolk Southern at 17 percent and CSX at 16 percent...

...Union Pacific is poised to benefit from demand for coal from the Powder River Basin. The area helps make Wyoming the largest U.S. producer of coal, exceeding the next six biggest coal-producing states combined, according to the Energy Department. Wyoming produced 39 percent of the U.S. total in the first quarter, while No. 2 West Virginia and No. 3 Kentucky combined accounted for 22 percent, according to Energy Department data...



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Today is the 183rd anniversary of the 24 May, 1830 inauguration of scheduled service on the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was the first common carrier and Class I railroad in the United States.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Columbian_at_Thomas_Viaduct.jpg
The Columbian on Thomas Viaduct, Relay, Maryland, in 1949


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The Columbian crosses the Potomac River at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, in 1949.



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This is a brand new engine that is intended to be a replica of the 4-4-0 types used during the U.S. Civil War era. It is diesel oil-fired (for a number of reasons, not least of which is the fire hazard presented by coal), steam-driven.

It has just commenced operating on a 10-mile section of newly rehabilitated track between New Freedom, Pennsylvania and Hanover Junction, Pennsylvania.



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More information is available at: http://www.SteamIntoHistory.com

 
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There's a fantastic, recently built operating steam locomotive in England:








It was built by and is operated by the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust. Detailed information can be found here: http://www.a1steam.com/
http://www.a1steam.com/


and here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/60163_Tornado


There are lots of videos that can be located on the Interwebz.

 




GE Evolution Series​




http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/BNSF_8013.jpg/800px-BNSF_8013.jpg

The ES44C4 (Evolution Series, 4400 HP, AC traction, 4 traction motors) is the newest model in the series. It is similar to the ES44AC, except that it has four traction motors instead of six. The center axle of each truck is unpowered, giving an A1A-A1A wheel arrangement. BNSF Railway is the launch customer for this model, ordering an initial batch of 25 units numbered 6600-6624.[6] As of November 2011, BNSF was the first buyer of this model and has 675 units. On January 30, 2014 Florida East Coast Railway announced that they would buy 24 ES44C4 for heavy haul service and intermodal traffic.

A unique feature of these units is that there is a variable traction control system in their computer systems. One of the differences between an ES44AC and an ES44C4 are the air cylinders and linkages on the truck sideframes of the ES44C4; these are part of the traction control system. Every time a variable in grade, traction, or wheel slip occurs, the computer will adjust the pressure in these cylinders to maintain sufficient adhesion, by varying the weight on the drive axles.


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