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Re: 422 Class

bruce edwards wrote:

> Another question, what has been the fate of the 422 class 42203 and
> 42220.

42220 was at Delec today.

> Further to this could someone please explain the significance of the
> terminology "Tractive effort" and what a loco with 285/239 kN Tractive
> effort means.

Too lazy to go into details, but kN is kiloNewtons and is the amount of
force exerted onto the rails.

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