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Re: First Siemens Charger locomotives |
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Posted by Steamdriven on Thu Jun 23 23:04:17 2016, in response to Re: First Siemens Charger locomotives, posted by Olog-hai on Thu Jun 23 21:29:05 2016. "How many cars is a "modest-sized train", and what empty weight?"Dunno, I've never tried pulling one, and it won't fit on my scale ;-) Let's take an average passenger train of the type that engine will most commonly be used to haul. As I understand it, long distance passenger trains are few (and huge money losers), so let's consider regionals and intercities. With 4000 hp, you can push a train-sized barn door through the air at 125 mph with thousands left over, but it's an ugly way to get the job done. Over the life of the loco, it also wastes a fair amount of fuel, considering that without a front-mounted radiator and thus no draggy openings a train's nose can be a near-perfect aerodynamic shape. |
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