Re: Victoria...it begins!

[James Robinson <NOSPAM@ERIE.NET>]

gonoNOCRAP@bigpond.com.au wrote:

> Mark, it was alleged that one was weighed in the hunter valley in NSW
> and went 145 with a half full tank in any case the fuel cutoffs were
> very quickly modded to cut off at 5500 litres max
> bear in mind that 145 tons australian is 162.4 tons US
> very close to a US domestic SD40!!!

Still a bit shy in weight.  A US SD-40 typically weighs 194 short tons. 
Some "lightweight" models were built at 186 short tons, and there are a
fair number that weigh in at over 200 short tons.  The latest production
models (6000 HP) are over 210 short tons.