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How much diesel do trains use?
(19 tons x 500 miles) / 71 gallons = 134 ton-miles per gallon. This efficiency might be stated as “a truck can move a ton of freight 134 miles on a gallon of fuel.” Similarly, a typical train might haul 3,000 tons of freight 500 miles and consume approximately 3,049 gallons of diesel fuel.
How long does it take to refuel a diesel train?
A diesel engine can be fueled from a pump in 10 minutes or so. Steam Engine 1536 is a Mikado 2-8-2 locomotive. The Illinois Central Railroad Engine 1536, a 2-8-2 Mikado locomotive, is refueled in Carbondale, Illinois. Loading of coal and water and incidental maintenance takes a steam locomotive about 1 hour.
How much diesel fuel does the average train use?
According to our calculations, which match the AAR’s tally exactly, the nation’s seven major railroad companies reported the following for 2007: Consuming 4,062,025,082 gallons of diesel fuel (including freight trains and trains in switching yards, but excluding passenger trains) The average works out to be 435.88 ton-miles per gallon of fuel.
How do diesel locomotives work?
Most diesel locomotives actually use a diesel-electric method of propulsion, which means that the diesel engine powers a generator that then produces the electricity used to run the train. Diesel fuel is one of the reasons that train travel is more energy efficient and more economical than air travel.
How many miles can a train travel in a gallon?
Fuel Efficiency According to the AAR, moving freight by rail is 4 times more fuel efficient than moving freight on the highway. CSX trains can move a ton of freight approximately 492 miles on a single gallon of fuel. Efficient use of fuel means fewer greenhouse gas emissions for our planet.
What is the fuel efficiency of a freight train?
Fuel Efficiency. According to the AAR, moving freight by rail is 4 times more fuel efficient than moving freight on the highway. CSX trains can move a ton of freight approximately 492 miles on a single gallon of fuel. Efficient use of fuel means fewer greenhouse gas emissions for our planet.