Re: (erielack) Re: Food for thought.

[Jeff Mutter <jwmutter_@_comcast.net>]

Kalmbach's book "The Contemporary Diesel Spotter's Guide" has a
comprehensive chapter on locomotive performance which covers tractive effort
quite well, starting on page 333.

Jeff Mutter


- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph D. Fisher" <Fish_76_@_webtv.net>
To: <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 10:40 PM
Subject: (erielack) Re: Food for thought.


> I see this thread took off in a rather cool direction: The technical
> details of locomotives.
>
> Which now leads me to ask these questions...
>
> 1.) How does a 4 stroke engine make for better tractive effort, other
> then possibly weighing more?
>
> 2.) What are the comparisons of EL's 6 axle power vs. the C-636?
>
> SD-45?
> SDP-45?
> SD-45-2?
> U33C?
> U36C?
> C-636?
>
> 3.) Also, are there any websites or books that go into how these figures
> are arrived at? I.E. What mathematical equations are being used?
>
> Joe,
>
> New Jersey Transit / Norfolk Southern
> Milepost B-21.4, Boonton Tpke
> Mountain View, New Jersey
>
> ~Delaware, Lackawanna and Western~
> "The Route of the Phoebe Snow"
>
>

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