tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814346355005381240.comments2015-01-27T20:43:57.406-08:00Railroad ResearchUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814346355005381240.post-35103581146333078752015-01-27T20:43:57.406-08:002015-01-27T20:43:57.406-08:00Dear Nick Fry and Ron Hoess,
Wide gauge ...Dear Nick Fry and Ron Hoess,<br /> 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.comtag: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.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814346355005381240.post-75322448302939576822013-03-24T18:24:56.943-07:002013-03-24T18:24:56.943-07:00Alex, if you can get hold of a copy of the PRRTHS&...Alex, if you can get hold of a copy of the PRRTHS' book on Pittsburgh, there's a map (make sure it is in the copy, it's big and probably didn't get kept in the book in all copies) of Pittsburgh and all lines. That should help answer your questions. Also there should be maps on http://digital.library.pitt.edu/pittsburgh/<br />Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09796984906951797416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814346355005381240.post-69921652676825660102013-02-13T13:10:14.154-08:002013-02-13T13:10:14.154-08:00Nick, I need help. I rode the Allegheny passage on...Nick, I need help. I rode the Allegheny passage on my bike last summer which got me thinking about the Western Maryland which led me to the B&O which led to a B&O map showing it went through Pittsburgh, which was a surprise to me because I only knew of it as a terminal station in Downtown. but i was able to trace its route across PGH and the Allegheny river from old Hopkins maps through the Allegheny Connecting Railroad and looks like it went to New Castle and beyond by the same route that still exists next to Route 8 (in fact the whole route still exists except the station and tracks into downtown). But there is B&O trackage along Pittsburgh's north side at Allegheny City and there the maps peters out about where the current baseball stadium is now- beyond that is the Pittsburgh and Ft Wayne and Penn trackage and some kind of Chicago railroad. Any of these related to the B&O? I did find a bridge across the river called the ohio connecting railroad and I think the words "Baltimore and..." might have been cut off by the map. Or maybe not. Is that the other route out of the city? How is the book on this coming along? I am at aprochek@aol.com. - Alexalexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08697721143754631073noreply@blogger.com