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They do this shit at least 3 times a week here in south Mississippi, and its a fucking freight train with over a hundred train cars usually.
this post was submitted on 30 Mar 2026
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In my state, train companies are fined if they block a crossing more than 10 minutes during the day or 15 minutes at night. But every so often we have to remind local politicians that those regs need to be upheld.
To answer your question directly, Diesel locomotives are actually Diesel generators that drive electric motors. When they're stopped they cycle down the generators to a minimal count to maintain power. They're more efficient in general because the engines are generally running at their peak efficiency RPMs (to drive gennies instead of the wheels). Unlike trucks that are rarely running at peak efficiency RPMs and will burn extra dirty at idle.
The question about train fuel consumption was not the question.
The question regards how much passenger vehicle fuel gets wasted when a train parks and blocks their path. Cause and effect yo, a train parks, blocking multiple intersections, and half them vehicles ain't even gonna shut their engine off.
So, a train parks, over 100 vehicles park at direct and nearby intersections, many many gallons of fuel are being unnecessarily burned.
Yes, we shut our engine off while we waited, but half the chucklefucks out there won't even do that..