> On 02 October 2018 at 05:36 Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > > > > > mike wilson wrote on 10/1/18 9:25 PM: > >> On 01 October 2018 at 21:03 Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> mike wilson wrote on 10/1/18 12:36 PM: > >>>> On 01 October 2018 at 20:20 Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> A friend took me for a ride yesterday. Here's a shot of the rockers of > >>>> the 9072 cubic inch supercharged v16 two stroke diesel motor > >>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/30101771757/in/album-72157671867972797/ > >>>> > >>> > >>> Sounds (and looks) like a train engine. > >> > >> Exactly, there's a photo of the windshield showing the parking permits > >> for the Boardwalk. > >> > >> It was Roaring Camp's engine 2641, an EMD CF7. > > > > I didn't look at the album page. Should have realised there would be more. > > 8 -) > > I'm getting better about posting fewer links to the photos themselves, > but it's very rare that I'll only post one from a day of playing with my > camera. > > > > > There's an interesting Wiki page on the motive unit. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMD_567 > > Awesome thanks. > > I was trying to figure out how much torque that thing generated. > Wikipedia said something like 32,000 lbs of tractive force which works > out to 53,000 lb ft of torque, if my mathing is correct.
I remember power = torque x 2pi x rpm all divided by 33,000. After that, you're on your own. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
