> So something seems a bit screwy here. It depends on what you mean by
> "exerting"..... at the wheel, at the generator.
Numbers were read off the Computer at the back of the cab.
> It also depends upon
> what degree of accelaration there was: to accelarate an 11670 tonne
> train (about 12,000 round figures when you count the locos) at 0.3 kph
> per second requires about 6,000 HP total at about 10 kph.
Acceleration was not too high. It took about 4 minutes to hit 1 km/h
A further 5 minutes were required to get up to 10 km/h
> Also, what
> is the grade of Whittingham (I don't have my grades book in front of
> me)?
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