Western Railroad Discussion > Caption this diesel vs diesel animosity!

Train vs truck. Engineer vs driver. Point-to-point vs door-to-door. Jet propulsion technology vs grounded bovine cargo… Take you pick on the subject!

Here’s a link to rail vs highway: ( https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?18,4075741,4075741#msg-4075741 ).

1. BNSF 6682 rolls west along US hwy 50 at Walton, KS with all kinds of neat ‘stuff’ in tow on July 3, 2016. That semi’s lading is most likely a lot more aromatic…

Thanks for playing!
Lance Garrels
santafe199



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Reminds me of the time the DS put me in the hole at Chelsea for what seemed like hours. Frustrated, I kept bugging him about being parked there. Finally I mentioned it was thoughtfull of him to park us where we could see our busness blow by on I-35. I got verbally spanked for that one.

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The late Louis W. Menk once said that locomotive engineers were “nothing more than glorified truck drivers".

Ducking arrows from my BLET brothers & sisters.
Dave in Msla



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And I bet that truck is holding right on 45 too!  Sure, you betcha!

Truck driver to engineer: "Right here's your PSR, Jock-o..."

Bob

Engineer to truck driver: Oh you're hauling 20,000 pounds of freight? That's cute.

Poor Lou. He forgets 1 driver with doubles moves 80 tons. Meanwhile one engineer on a coal or grain train moves 16,000 tons these days. Seems like the engineer is 200 truckers ahead.





monaddave Wrote:
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> The late Louis W. Menk once said that locomotive
> engineers were “nothing more than glorified
> truck drivers".
>
> Ducking arrows from my BLET brothers & sisters.
> Dave in Msla

monaddave Wrote:

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> The late Louis W. Menk once said that locomotive
> engineers were “nothing more than glorified
> truck drivers".
>
> Ducking arrows from my BLET brothers & sisters.
> Dave in
He was a visionary, Dave. After all, we are Teamsters now.

Train to truck... 'I think you'll find THIS is haulin' ass!'

By rail or road your freight rides smoothly in Kansas.

BB

How many horses you got?

Another great Lance captured shot and discussion afterwards.
I watch the truckers here in Eaton, CO north thru Pierce and Nunn slow down for towns speed limits while UP goes thru at 60 MPH. I was following a southbound UP Hotshot UPS from north of Nunn south and because of speed limits which in Nunn are paramount, then Pierce and Ault caught up with head end by Eaton where another 35 MPH kicked in as Eaton PD is serious.

Don Allender

Train to truck>  "How far can you go on a tank full of Diesel?"

John

Big problem with trucking is that no one wants to drive anymore - they are a prime target for autonomous operation.

Bill Deaver
Tehachapi, CA

MojaveBill Wrote:
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> Big problem with trucking is that no one wants to
> drive anymore - they are a prime target for
> autonomous operation.


I'd love to drive but it pays one third what railroad pays and you are home even LESS than railroad. 

fbe Wrote:
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> Poor Lou. He forgets 1 driver with doubles moves
> 80 tons. Meanwhile one engineer on a coal or grain
> train moves 16,000 tons these days. Seems like the
> engineer is 200 truckers ahead.
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> monaddave Wrote:
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> > The late Louis W. Menk once said that
> locomotive
> > engineers were “nothing more than glorified
> > truck drivers".
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> > Ducking arrows from my BLET brothers & sisters.
> > Dave in Msla

160,000lb? really? Would need special permits to do so since most are 80K,  Sorry forgot this is TO so info is flexable....................



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