Question: how fuel efficient are trains?
Answer: 208,712,027,000 ton-miles / 423,998,863 gallons = 492 ton-miles per gallon. ... This efficiency might be stated as “a truck can move a ton of freight 134 miles on a gallon of fuel.” Similarly, a typical train might haul 3,000 tons of freight 500 miles and consume approximately 3,049 gallons of diesel fuel.