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Re: R Train May Run 8 Cars Instead of 10...Re: Is There an Update on the R160's Wheel Wear Problem? |
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Posted by heypaul on Thu Mar 13 11:10:59 2025, in response to Re: R Train May Run 8 Cars Instead of 10...Re: Is There an Update on the R160's Wheel Wear Problem?, posted by zac on Thu Mar 13 09:19:11 2025. . Did they not add passenger weight? OMG, I think I just figured it out. I am willing to bet that the cause of this will be the testing did not include the passenger weight.Interesting. The weight of a 160 is about 85,000 lbs. The capacity of the 160 is around 200 passengers. Assuming an average weight of 150, that would add 30,000 lbs when the car has a near full load. That's an extra 35% weight. But when they test cars, they would be hard pressed to get 200 times (the # of cars being tested) passengers to go for a test ride. So I would guess there's some kind of conversion factor for an empty train test results to a fully loaded test results. Plus if you are referring to the 160's, the testing was a long time ago. |
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