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Re: C Class Rumours

Subject: Re: C Class Rumours
From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 01:30:33 +1000
Newsgroups: aus.rail
References: <7ln6gi$h8t$1@toto.tig.com.au> <377f20d3.440963@news.netconnect.com.au> <378270cc.1670488@news.enternet.com.au> <378138c5.584753@news.netconnect.com.au> <931253216.938553@diddley.primus.com.au> <dqlg3.3449$yD2.6070@newsfeeds.bigpond.com> <maur <keithm.283.3792EEBB@happy.dca.gov.au>
Reply-To: trainman@ozemail.com.au

Keith Malcolm wrote:

> The "dead" weight of a steam loco is no water in the boiler and an empty
> tender. The "live" weight is a full tender and 3/4 full boiler.

Not necessarily.  If a steam locomotive was to fail climbing Molonglo Gorge and need to be pushed
out by the Exploder, the tender would be full, as would the boiler.  How heavy would it be?  How
much resistance would the Pistons have?

--
David Johnson
CityRail Guard
trainman@ozemail.com.au
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/

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