battalion51
Engineer
500 mile range? You gotta be friggin kidding me! The Silvers have about a 700 mile trip from WAS to JAX without refueling. And IIRC on the trip south to Miami they don't refuel at MIA. On an engines trip the fuel runs are WAS-JAX (fuel) JAX-MIA-JAX (fuel) JAX-WAS. I could be wrong though on that last count. Even Auto Train really doesn't need to fuel up on its trip from SFA-FLO-LOR, the fueling at FLO is just a top off for safety. Diesels should be burning 2-2.5 gallons per mile...