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[03.21.2008] 09:58 - Warren Buffet is buying railroads
I've been thinking this for the past few years, that railroads will become more economical than trucking goods from place to place. They'll still use trucks for local deliveries, but the long hauls will all switch over. I imagine the some travel will begin switching from airlines over to trains as well. That is, unless the airlines come up with some radically different ways to keep their jets in the air more efficiently or with a different power source.
So anyhow, I guess Warren Buffet is on my page with the trains.
'The key is knowing where your cars are at all times,' explains Kremar. Sophisticated software calculates the best way to put different cars together into trains. And onboard electronics assess topography, track curvature, train length and weight to calculate the optimum speed for conserving fuel.
Overall, the Federal Railroad Administration calculates that productivity has more than doubled since 1990.
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