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Thanks for your replies! Plenty of information and help. Aeronaut, that summit picture is just staggering in beauty. I could do that in my younger days, but probably not now. And thanks for the dress advice. You know I might pull off looking the part. It's my befuddlement of taking in the...

Thanks. That sounds like good advice.

What is the safest way for someone to visit Pakistan? Are certain areas safer then others? If so, what would be the destinations you would recommend? And where could you learn about customs and ways needed for Pakistan? Especially from the standpoint of the tourist being 100% secular and not...

There is no new coal train technology I'm aware of. You have ideas based on super efficient boiler turbines. But most use oil. Though coal could be used just as easily. They even built one using an SD-40-2 diesel electric frame. There was not much interest. There was also the Coal Dust burning...

Which is always ashamed. Like all other types of public infrastructure, rail is always vulnerable to being let down. I do not get this "deal" at all. They could easily go to American Builders like Brookville, Wabco, Progress Rail or Coville and bought a few nice modern tailor made Locomotives...

Yes, the Loco's in question are a Chinese version of an EMD export design. The type 66/JT42 series: This is a very hard design to build properly. I suspect the Chinese resorted to Aluminum wire on these. The problem with the Type 66 is that it was designed to be a lighter narrow gauge unit...

Well thanks. But I have just been studying Railroad operations closely while considering building a railroad in Canada. I have been looking at both marine shipping and aviation as well. With the aim to improve shipping costs by savings where possible. And by alternative means not being done now...

Why would it be a bad decision and why would it cripple the railroad? The price quoted has to be bogus. But the trains lying around un-serviceable are Chinese built rip offs of the Export Type 66 design. Not American style locomotives. The Chinese built locomotives will not meet FRA standards...

The figures seem odd for the costs. According to the original article, that works out to over $33 billion per locomotive USD. A typical rebuilt American built Loco runs around $10 million for a Tier 2-3 emissions engined machine. Could the original figure be for everything including...