Hello and Questions..

[TGibbs]

Hello, my name is Tom I am a university student at UCL.
I recently went on an expedition partly funded through university, we travelled from London to Singapore entirely (as possible) by train. Few probs in SE asia....
As I have always enjoyed trains, and spent many hours building great networks in the attic as a child, I am trying to do a few calculations based upon the info I recorded on the trip. I am trying to prove that long distance travel by train is far better for the environment than air travel (in terms of total CO2 emitted).
However for these calculations I require some extra info than I took down, any help would be much appreciated.
What would your estimates be for the average values of the following globally: (bearing in mind the age of some trains, especially in Russia Kazakhstan etc)

Plant efficiency of the loco..
Weight of loco
Weight of carriage

Hope you can help, thanks very much.
Tom

[swisstrains]

Welcome to the Forum Tom.
We have quite a varied membership so hopefully someone might be able to help with your research.
John.

[Trev]

Welcome Tom.

I think we'd all be interested in your trip to Singapore, should you have the time to tell us (please?! )

Having only 'just' passed 'O' level maths, I'm afraid that I can't help much with your questions. I do think (from what I've read), that rail travel is the most efficient form of mass transit regarding the carbon footprint versus people/goods actually moved.....but I'm prepared to be told that I'm wrong!