BALANCED TRAINS

The potential of balanced unit trains operating on a shuttle basis between pairs of cities is discussed. To obtain the ultimate in utilization of such trains, they must shuttle between the cities at desirable times, say 10:00 p.m. and also undesirable times, say 10:00 a.m. Studies showed that a single engine unit hauling 20 trailers of special light weight permanently coupled cars and operated by a three man crew could compete with the highway under most conditions and usually provide a wider margin of profit than the highway operation.

• Corporate Authors:

  Symington Wayne Corporation

  2 Main Street
  Depew, NY  United States 
• Authors:
  • Macomber, F
• Publication Date: 1967-9-14

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 2-9
• Serial:
  • Engineering and Operations Interface

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freight trains; Railroad traffic; Railroad trains; Technology
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Balanced trains
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00037737
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Tech Proc
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 6 1973 12:00AM