Re: Fuel efficiencies of 422s

[David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>]

Maurie Daly wrote:

> Sometime ago there was a thread about the 422s inability to get from Broken
> Hill to Sydney on a full tank of fuel and thats why two had to be used.
> In researching another question on this group I got to realise that there is
> something horribly wrong here.
> 422s hold 5455 litres and Sydney to BH is 1100 km.
> With only say 4 carriages , ie 3 pass cars and power van we have a total
> trailing load of 200 tonnes so in order to use a full tank of fuel the 422
> must be using around 25 litres per trailing 1000 tonnes/km , an unbelievably
> bad figure.

You forget that a 422 can't get from Sydney to Broken Hill AND BACK.  That is why
there are two.  They do not refuel in Broken Hill.


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