At 08:47 AM 5/12/2006, Bob Sullivan wrote: >I'm a fan of trains and worked for a railroad for a time. Any of the >managers in the Operating Dept. would have transfered back into the >line to be a steam locomotive engineer. > >Any train that a steam locomotive could get rolling, it could pull at >60+ mph. (Traction is poor with steel wheels on steel track, but steam >locos had plenty of horsepower. So if you got it rolling...) > >Diesel-electrics had the weight to get the train rolling, but didn't >have the horsepower to move much faster than 20 mph. They were sold >by companies like GM to the Maintenance Departments based on repair >records and available time.
The iron ore trains up north, which run to km's in length, have a few slight uphill climbs. To increase traction they dump sand in front of the wheels as they go along. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
