Wheeling Offsets the Fuel-Pricing Pain

This article, the third in a series on the Wheeling & Lake Erie (W&LE) railroad, looks at rising fuel prices and the resulting impacts on operations, finances, and profitability. The author relates that on average, each locomotive requires 1,150 gallons of fuel for a 75-mile. At an average consumption rate of more than 15 gallons per mile, and with more than 40 trains running a day, the fuel costs can be daunting for a railroad. The author describes how and when the W&LE railroad decides to buy fuel, where it stores it, and how tank cars are used to shuttle the fuel to the locomotives.

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• Authors:
  • Powell, Eric
• Publication Date: 2008-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 48-49
• Serial:
  • Trains
  • Volume: 68
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Company
  • ISSN: 0041-0934
  • Serial URL: http://trainsmag.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Diesel fuels; Freight trains; Fuel consumption; Regional railroads
• Identifier Terms: Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway
• Subject Areas: Energy; Freight Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01105565
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 31 2008 3:24PM