Continuing from my post from yesterday ...
Apr. 4th, 2015 07:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lionkingcmslI'd thought it be neat to show the passenger train differences from the 1840s to today; a difference of 175 years.
In front is the John Bull and its normal consist of 3 coaches. Behind is an Amtrak P-42 Genesis loco with three Superliner(tm) cars. From front to rear: coach, sleeper, Sightseer Lounge(tm). While the Amtrak equipment may not be in the current scheme it is equipment that most U.S. residents have seen, at least those outside of the NEC (NorthEast Corridor) where the Superliners won't fit through the tunnels into New York City and the platforms are "high level" and you could not access the cars. The sleeper and lounge were probably not even a gleam in somebody's eye in 1840. I'd wager that you could probably put the entire passenger load from the John Bull's cars into the Superliner coach alone.
It is interesting to note that the entire John Bull train set is just over 1.5 Superliner cars long. Each modern American passenger car is 85' long, except for those that Colorado Rail Car built for the Alaska Railroad and the Acela(tm) cars, which are semi-permanently coupled together and would not be seen combined with regular passenger cars.
EDIT: After checking I found that each John Bull coach can have 48 passengers for a total load of 144 passengers. A standard Superliner coach can handle 74 passengers; 12 on the lower level and 62 on the upper level. So it would take 2 Superliner cars to handle all of the John Bull's passengers. However a standard bi-level coach, with no toilet, for NJ Transit, which operates into New York City, can handle 140 passengers: 60 seats lower level, 20 seats mid-level, 60 seats upper level. So one regular NJ Transit bi-level coach could handle the entire John Bull's passenger load with only 4 standees. A normal week day commuter run from Trenton, NJ to New York City. :=3
In front is the John Bull and its normal consist of 3 coaches. Behind is an Amtrak P-42 Genesis loco with three Superliner(tm) cars. From front to rear: coach, sleeper, Sightseer Lounge(tm). While the Amtrak equipment may not be in the current scheme it is equipment that most U.S. residents have seen, at least those outside of the NEC (NorthEast Corridor) where the Superliners won't fit through the tunnels into New York City and the platforms are "high level" and you could not access the cars. The sleeper and lounge were probably not even a gleam in somebody's eye in 1840. I'd wager that you could probably put the entire passenger load from the John Bull's cars into the Superliner coach alone.
It is interesting to note that the entire John Bull train set is just over 1.5 Superliner cars long. Each modern American passenger car is 85' long, except for those that Colorado Rail Car built for the Alaska Railroad and the Acela(tm) cars, which are semi-permanently coupled together and would not be seen combined with regular passenger cars.
EDIT: After checking I found that each John Bull coach can have 48 passengers for a total load of 144 passengers. A standard Superliner coach can handle 74 passengers; 12 on the lower level and 62 on the upper level. So it would take 2 Superliner cars to handle all of the John Bull's passengers. However a standard bi-level coach, with no toilet, for NJ Transit, which operates into New York City, can handle 140 passengers: 60 seats lower level, 20 seats mid-level, 60 seats upper level. So one regular NJ Transit bi-level coach could handle the entire John Bull's passenger load with only 4 standees. A normal week day commuter run from Trenton, NJ to New York City. :=3
