NIKKO, Tochigi Prefecture--Steam and diesel locomotive ... only 60 percent of the heat that coal can,” said Hisashi Tezuka, 53, a chief of Tobu Railway’s rolling stock department.
Chairman of the West Somerset Railway Jonathan Jones-Pratt said: "The whole industry is in jeopardy over this. "We've got so much coal here but the problem is that we can't extract it." ...
If no calorific value is available, old figures are used or figures from the International Energy Agency (IEA). Mainly depends on the accuracy of the import price according to the invoice and the net ...
There are fears steam trains will stop running under new laws which may lead to a ban on burning coal. Paul Lewin, of the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland heritage railways in Gwynedd, said the ...