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Steam & Excursion > C&O 1309 Q'sDate: 07/24/14 10:32 C&O 1309 Q's Author: NYC6001 What is the driver size? Tractive effort? How fast will it go? Will it pull 12 passenger cars up a steep grade unassisted?
Date: 07/24/14 11:07 Re: C&O 1309 Q's Author: HotWater NYC6001 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > What is the driver size? 56 inch driver diameter. Tractive effort? 77,900 lbs in Compound. 98,300 lbs in simple. How fast > will it go? Generally speaking, as fast as the Engineer has the balls to run her! Will it pull 12 passenger cars up a > steep grade unassisted? Yes. Date: 07/24/14 12:45 Re: C&O 1309 Q's Author: Hillcrest HotWater Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > NYC6001 Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > What is the driver size? > > 56 inch driver diameter. > > Tractive effort? > > 77,900 lbs in Compound. 98,300 lbs in simple. > > How fast > > will it go? > > Generally speaking, as fast as the Engineer has > the balls to run her! > > Will it pull 12 passenger cars up a > > steep grade unassisted? > > Yes. Wow...it IS all in how you phrase the question, isn't it! Good form there JW, but I gotta admit, your usual response is way funnier. Cheers, Dave Cheers, Dave Date: 07/24/14 22:15 Re: C&O 1309 Q's Author: Mgoldman Hillcrest Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Wow...it IS all in how you phrase the question, > isn't it! Good form there JW, but I gotta admit, > your usual response is way funnier. > > Cheers, Dave Yup - notice he did not ask "Does anyone know....", lol. /Mitch Date: 07/25/14 08:18 Re: C&O 1309 Q's Author: tomstp With that size drivers I would think 35-40 mph after which it would get rough riding and start hammering the track.
Date: 07/26/14 10:35 Re: C&O 1309 Q's Author: Realist tomstp Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > With that size drivers I would think 35-40 mph > after which it would get rough riding and start > hammering the track. Absolutely. Also, that tractive effort figure in simple is only good up to 3 or 4 mph, because if you leave it in simple above that, you will run out steam in very short order. |