That ad is misleading.   Diesel locomotives burn lots of  fuel.   Its just
that they can pull lots of tons too.
The rolling resistance of a train can be as low as 10 lbs per ton, about
1/5th of a road going truck.
A loaded freight car weighs about 130 tons and a train can be 100 cars  long.
   That adds up to 13000 tons.   CSX says it can  carry 1 ton 432 miles on 1
gallon of diesel fuel.   If that train goes  432 miles, it uses 13000 gallons.

Steve

In a message dated 3/12/2008 11:14:41 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
inua@CHARTER.NET writes:

Duh! Am  I dumb - I didn't get it.
CSX Railroad has an advertisement going right now  touting 432 mile per
gallons. It the autmobile  being carried 432  miles that makes the mileage.

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

John  Rodgers wrote:
> Here's a question  ............. what current  multiwheel (greater than
> two) vehuckes gets 432 miles to the  gallon???
>
> Yes - it's for real!
>
> John  Rodgers
>
>

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