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Eastern Railroad Discussion > Runaway Miles QuestionDate: 05/15/01 13:47 Runaway Miles Question Author: CSX106CL With full tanks how many miles could
#8888 have gone towing 46 cars before running out of fuel? Could it have made it to the East coast? Date: 05/15/01 15:57 RE: Runaway Miles Question Author: BrianJennison Fuel consumption depends on many factors, terrain as well as train!
A ROUGH figure I once heard on SP was six gallons of diesel per mile (and this may have been a 20 cylinder "guzzler.") So, with a FULL tank of 3000 gallons, at six gallons per mile, you could go 500 miles before running out of fuel (depending on load, grade, etc.) Again, just a rough estimate... each situation is different. Date: 05/15/01 16:05 Cops shot at the fuel tank Author: KevinD In ABC news footage, a cop with a rifle shot at the tank in an effort to drain it. He's lucky it didn't deflect straight back.
Date: 05/15/01 18:57 RE: Cops shot at the fuel tank Author: GAP KevinD wrote:
> > In ABC news footage, a cop with a rifle shot at the tank in an > effort to drain it. What????? Why wouldn't the environmentalists go nuts about that? Dumping fuel on the ground as it travelled along? I understand the reasoning here, but those guys don't seem to understand much that involves "common sense." |