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Introduction to Rail Transportation
100 cars x 110 tons lading per car = 11,000 tons of lading • Railcar Gross Rail Load = 286,000 lbs. GRL (= 143 tons) 100 cars x 286,000 lbs. = 28,600,000 lbs = 14,300 gross tons • Plus the weight of two locomotives, about 300,000 lbs each = 150 tons each
Locomotive Power Calculations – Greenville, South
For every ton of train weight in a grade, 20 pounds of tractive effort is needed for each 1% of slope. (One percent of a ton or 2000 pounds equals 20...
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