Re: [DL] Passenger Train Economics

[UriahGutsball@aol.com]

I would like to pose the proposition that Ghost Rock, in a Steam Boiler- type 
train, (unless the train in question is an internal combustion engine) Does 
not maintain an equal ratio in comparison to coal in relation to chemical 
energy potential, and the ability to make a machine go Better, faster, 
stronger. Steam Engines are limited in maximum speed, as I understood, and 
plateaued after a certain speed and efficiency.  but anyway.

Someone had pasted that one pound of coal in a train would provide fuel for 
about 2 miles(some ratio to that effect.) They also said that ghost rock was 
roughly 50 times more efficient than coal. Meaning that ghost rock burns 50 
times longer. Meaning that one pound of ghost rock was equal to about 100 
miles of fuel. Perhaps this is what "Fuel:100" means. Of course, one pound 
isn't going to heat a whole Train's boiler- you're going to need at least 
35-50lbs of nice hot ghost rock in a boiler to get it up to temperature- but 
once up to temperature, each pound of Rock in th boiler should be worth about 
its 100 miles to the pound, depending on how long it takes to get hot in the 
boiler. This seems to make sense to me, and is how I would solve the problem 
in my game- but hey. Heeeeyyyy.....