Re: C&TSRR = Apache Crossing = Air

Earl Wrote:
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> Roger Hogan Wrote:
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> > Casey Akin Wrote:
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> > > I noticed 12 empty (ish) cars on this train.
> I
> > > know this isn't max load for a K-36; what
> > > percentage of a load is this for a 36 up a
> 4%?
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> > > Casey
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> > I don't know the answer but maybe someone that
> > knows will tell us both.
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> The steel flats will be a bit heavier than the box
> cars and gons. We don't know if there is anything
> in the box cars, but it wouldn't be anything too
> heavy. Wood cars average 12 tons empty, plus one
> ton "adjustment factor" per car and for sake of
> simplicity, we end up with about 15 tons per car.
> 15 X 12 is 180 tons. A 480 is good for 232 tons
> up the hill. 180 is a abit over 3/4's of 232.
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> So......the answer is about 3/4 of capacity.
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> Back when we ran the boxcar coaches every day, our
> standard train out of Chama was 12 cars - 180
> tons. The tonnage rating had been reduced to a
> longevity-enhancing 210 tons. We thought we
> worked the engines hard enough. We thought we
> were big time when they would hang a 13th car on
> the train and we "slugged" it out with 195 tons!
> Today's trains run from 200-230 tons depending on
> how many 30-ton coaches are in the train.

Thank you Earl.