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Old 23rd August 2011, 22:06
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Originally Posted by Barry Of Blackrod View Post
When i worked on the railways we once worked out the mpg for a class 47 from Springs Branch to Carlisle and return on a 1200t freightliner turn and after refiling with fuel worked out at approx 1mpg
Bet that's still a lot better than the equivalent number of lorries might use (in total) to move the same tonnage.
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