Rail

2007-11-05 05:23:04 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-04 18:24:24 · 5 answers · asked by amrit 1

We're working on a school project involving disaster scenarios from a business perspective. Our project is a train derailment and we need to calculate how much our total loss will be. We have the specifics on how much our actual cargo loss will be based on the value of good and the number of train cars but is there anything else we're leaving out? Our scenario says it is a cargo train with no passengers that has derailed in a country setting. Would we need to figure in some type of settlement for the conductors? And wouldn't there be some type of cleanup cost? Would the railroad have it's own personnel for that or do they contract it out? If so at what cost? And if the derailment is in the country do we need to pay the property owners for derailing on their ground? Or is it a payment to the county or state, and how much is this payment? If there's anything else I'm leaving out please let me know. Due next week so any help is appreciated!!

2007-11-04 17:14:08 · 3 answers · asked by SP 2

i want to take the go train into the city, but it costs about $12 and i think that's ridiculous.
you don't need a ticket to get to the platform.. last time i took the train i bought a ticket, but i never actually USED it... no-one asked to see it

what'll happen if i don't buy a ticket? do they do random checks once in a while? what will happen if i don't have one?

2007-11-04 15:01:25 · 7 answers · asked by lucilleroad 2

since we just changed from Daylight savings time to
standard time
how does work when suppose you were at Amtrak
station and the train was to arrive at 2:00am (lets say the time
we have to change the clock back a hour
what time will 2am train arrive then? at 1:00am?
then a similar question
(when we change back to DST
the train is due at 2:00am but the clock goes forward
an hour does that mean I missed the train
or the 2:00am train become a 3:00am train?

2007-11-04 14:19:42 · 6 answers · asked by hategreyhound 2

2007-11-04 12:48:57 · 1 answers · asked by mr_khan21 2

Privitize? Increased funding? Europeans are way, way ahead of us on this one, and since federal allocations are about the same as they were 25 years ago they're going to stay ahead. Next years' budget is facing a $500 million cut.

Trains use 1/5 less energy than cars or planes and usually can run in poor weather. In a global warming world, it seems we should encourage this mode of travel.

What can we do to bring America's train travel into the 21st century?

2007-11-04 11:42:10 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-04 02:29:54 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

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2007-11-03 23:34:27 · 6 answers · asked by flower353 1

Do the railroads give preference to military? How does the whole hiring process work? I am currently aviation quality control in the army and wonder if that may help with being hired.

2007-11-03 22:33:39 · 8 answers · asked by joseph d 2

IM 25 years old and work for the railroad sometimes..im furloughed again not making much and don’t think there will be enough jobs in 30 years. Are there any people that work other jobs that pay well with no college required and paid training ? I’m looking for linemen with pg@e or pacific power ??? I was tooled that you can make 160k your first year? I’m dyeing working for the railroad and what to find out if there is something better before its to late. I love websites.

2007-11-03 20:03:29 · 4 answers · asked by GENO Z 2

2007-11-03 16:20:25 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-03 06:10:30 · 7 answers · asked by Abigail O 2

I also understand it was used to test units that had undergone modification as well. I am researching for a book on trains and the Styal loop has cropped up a few times. Thanks.

2007-11-03 03:23:20 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

i have a flight booked to new york

2007-11-03 01:26:24 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hi guys-my elderly parents need to travel by train from Bournemouth to York on Friday 28th December.

They have heard there is a really low price ticket avaiable with Virgin trains-but I can`t find the info online anywhere.

They need a directy train as dad is frail and changing would be a nightmare for them-they will have luggage.

Can anyone advise me ?

They both have senior rail cards too.

Many thanks.

2007-11-03 00:07:21 · 6 answers · asked by jennywilson1334 1

Does anyone remember the name of the train/railroad they built that went completely across the United States... in the days of the coal mining stuff? I remember doing a whole chapter on it in US History 2 when I was a senior in high school about 5 years ago... and my papers are at my mothers house. So any history buff know what it's called?

2007-11-02 16:20:15 · 4 answers · asked by J.C 1

2007-11-02 13:53:27 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I keep coming across this word in a transcription I'm doing, and can't find the correct spelling in any searches I do. Unless I'm not hearing it right, it sounds like they're saying "bundy maul." Any suggestions or helps?

2007-11-02 04:17:29 · 6 answers · asked by darylann 2

2007-11-02 02:28:56 · 7 answers · asked by SJ619 1

2007-11-01 22:19:07 · 3 answers · asked by proudtobechristian 2

Do monorails have drivers or are they operated by some kind of computer?

2007-11-01 15:05:35 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Coaches are cheap, planes are fast (and cheap).
Trains are relatively slow, unreliable and horribly expensive.
If I travel on a coach from Oxford to London it's about £10 and I am giving the taxman about £2 and making a profit for the company.
If I take the same journey by train it costs about £30, the taxpayer gives me about £10 in subsidy and the company makes a loss!
The less pollution argument looks good in theory, but in reality most Engines are quite old and very polluting.
Modern trains may look very clean per passenger mile when they are full, but a lot of the time they are trundling round the countryside almost empty and polluting far more than the small coach their passengers would otherwise fit into.
The "crowded roads" argument will not do either. If coaches and lorries had roads to themselves (e.g. converted railway tracks) they would move just as freely as the trains, and with a lot less breakdowns.

2007-11-01 11:38:29 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-01 11:29:31 · 3 answers · asked by proudtobechristian 2

2007-11-01 09:57:09 · 8 answers · asked by Dave 1

2007-11-01 05:43:01 · 3 answers · asked by debbie l 1

2007-11-01 04:24:49 · 10 answers · asked by Gerry C 1

2007-10-31 14:15:24 · 4 answers · asked by Thursday 1

2007-10-31 12:12:59 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why isn't a subway train that is moving above ground called a aboveway train?

2007-10-31 02:43:16 · 19 answers · asked by Questionmark 4