Re: Fate of 85/86 class

[Dion Williams <onamission@start.com.au>]

Maurie Daly wrote:

> Please dont confuse as a lot of people do horsepower with pulling power.
> Horsepower is simply a measure of the power output of the main prime
> mover with a small reduction due to the non perfect efficiency of
> the rectifiers and traction motors .
> The pulling power is determined solely by the gearing ratios of the traction
> motors and by their design , ie the amount of iron in the motor, the guages of
> copper in the armature and the field coil current.
> Pulling power is measured usually in either Kn (kilo newtons or Lbs).

Fair enough my mistake. Thanks for explaining that.

Dion