stackyFACTSWhile your massive pickup truck cries for mercy and guzzles gas just hauling groceries, the freight train laughs at your inefficiency.
While your massive pickup truck cries for mercy and guzzles gas just hauling groceries, the freight train laughs at your inefficiency. Because steel wheels on steel tracks produce incredibly little rolling friction, modern diesel-electric locomotives are astoundingly efficient. They can haul an absolute metric ton of freight a staggering 470 miles on a single gallon of diesel, making trucks look like absolute gas-guzzling amateur hour.
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