With oil cheap, Arab states cannot balance their books

Re:With oil cheap, Arab states cannot balance their books by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @03:03PM (#23909793)

There are diesel trains in Europe. They tend to be more on branch lines, though, with the main trunks being electric. (Electrifying every branch is not economic.)

In the US, it could still be done (and has), but the economics are not as compelling because the price of diesel is lower.

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Re:With oil cheap, Arab states cannot balance their books by bluGill on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @08:18AM (#23916150)

I'm told that the big railroads in the US have a plan to electrify their main line. It remains a plan because the costs are more high enough that it isn't worth it. If they decide fuel costs will go up by enough they will dust off the plan and electrify.

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