Regarding trains: both their cost *and* the value of the service they deliver are extremely variable. It's just a matter of lining them up.
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Replying to @380kmh @roadtoserfdom3
If intercity railways in Japan switched from MUs to locomotives, costs would increase and the value of the service they deliver would drop
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Replying to @380kmh @roadtoserfdom3
By the same token, if commuter railways in the USA transitioned from locomotives to MUs, the reverse would occur here
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Replying to @380kmh
It's a solution looking for a problem wrapped in romanticism. I get it, I like them too but, maglev doesn't change the calculation much.
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Replying to @roadtoserfdom3
wait did you think MU referred to maglevs? lmao
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Replying to @380kmh
Yes, pardon my ignorance, is it evacuated cylinder travel?
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Replying to @roadtoserfdom3
It means "multiple unit" All of the pictured trains are MUspic.twitter.com/JJ4x9MLjBA
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Replying to @380kmh @roadtoserfdom3
Intercity rail in Japan switched to using MUs beginning in 1958 with the Kodama. In the USA, though, we still use locomotives.pic.twitter.com/ZUN2hUwX7t
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Replying to @380kmh
All that does is move the power plant further away from the wheels though and all of the power inefficiencies that go along with elec trans.
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Replying to @roadtoserfdom3
Distance between power source and wheels is irrelevant, MUs can run on diesel if you're afraid of "power inefficiencies" wrt electricity
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Second and fourth pics here are diesel multiple units (DMUs)https://twitter.com/380kmh/status/895730924066820096 …
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