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Offline Jabez  
#1 Posted : 01 August 2018 14:27:13(UTC)
Jabez

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Here is an article from today's Guardian describing how Duisburg has become the main European transshipment terminal for railfreight traffic from and to China.
https://www.theguardian....i-jinping-gateway-europe
I wonder if any MRR enthusiasts have started to model such traffic.
An interesting point made in the article is that trains take on average six days to travel the 1,300km (800 miles) from Brest on the Polish-Belarusian border to Duisburg, while the 10,000km from Chongqing to Belarus is often completed in five-and-a-half days.
This is said to be due to rail union restrictions on driving times in Europe while in the east the loco crews drive for much longer times and distances.
Jabez
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Offline kimballthurlow  
#2 Posted : 02 August 2018 10:51:55(UTC)
kimballthurlow

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Location: Brisbane, Australia
Originally Posted by: Jabez Go to Quoted Post
Here is an article from today's Guardian describing how Duisburg has become the main European transshipment terminal for railfreight traffic from and to China.
https://www.theguardian....i-jinping-gateway-europe
I wonder if any MRR enthusiasts have started to model such traffic.
An interesting point made in the article is that trains take on average six days to travel the 1,300km (800 miles) from Brest on the Polish-Belarusian border to Duisburg, while the 10,000km from Chongqing to Belarus is often completed in five-and-a-half days.
This is said to be due to rail union restrictions on driving times in Europe while in the east the loco crews drive for much longer times and distances.
Jabez


Interesting - thanks.
China has an unstoppable reach.
Confucious Institutes also exist in Australian Universities.

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