tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814346355005381240.post6135953103844152260..comments2015-01-27T20:43:57.406-08:00Comments on Railroad Research: The B&O Railroad in the Civil WarUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814346355005381240.post-61167044972488318732014-05-14T14:01:35.257-07:002014-05-14T14:01:35.257-07:00Look for Dan Toomey's book, "The War Came...Look for Dan Toomey's book, "The War Came by Train." It is an excellent history of the B&O during the ACW.Berniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14041125155303909803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814346355005381240.post-44327534919776241932014-05-13T00:51:43.212-07:002014-05-13T00:51:43.212-07:00 Wide gauge railroads would save enormous ... Wide gauge railroads would save enormous amounts of energy because piggyback operations would become practical and railroads haul freight for a small fraction of the energy, truck and all, than trucks do. I thought you might find the following article about wide gauge railroads for much more efficient piggy back useful as a possible project to be advocated at; <br />http://charles_w.tripod.com/widerr.html . Piggy back would take a lot of traffic from both trucks and cars off the interstate highways, make a backup for the Panama Canal in wartime, and be much more efficient for light bulk cargo like food and garbage.<br /> You also may find useful a similar concept for personal transport by Raymond Lashley at; http://faculty.washington.edu/~jbs/itrans/lashley.htm .<br /> Maybe your country would find it profitable to build such a line in a corridor paralleling a region where there is a very high volume of truck traffic. It would be not only profitable for you, but would be a profitable for the truck companies, and considerable advantage to your country. Of course it would hurt the profits of motels and truck stations.<br /> Sincerely, Charles Weber<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05069711348500228292noreply@blogger.com