02-23-2010, 01:34 PM
sgtcarl1 Wrote:Well, I fail to see the practicality of the monster. But out here, we'd do just about anything to rid I-81 of it's heavy truck traffic! The trucks will ride your bumper just to get you to drive faster. And then one rig will try to pass two or three slowers ones, while other drivers are riding your bumper in hopes of getting you to pull in between the trucks, so they can rip by you at 20mph over the speed limit!! If you're driving over the speed limit, because you've got some truck pushing you along, guess who's going to get the ticket?? It ain't the big rigs, baby!! So a super train might not be such a bad idea!!
(all this from a guy who used to drive big rigs!)
I think the practicality of that monster is exactly as tomustang said. It allows the railroad to move three trains simultaneously with one crew.
