Durango: About 6500' high.
Silverton: About 9200' high.
Silverton gets you into low pressure derate country depending on what engine rating you've purchased.
Flywheel rated engine power is done with standardized fuel and at sea level. (Or rather, a simple compensation calculation.) Lower grade fuel and less air pressure (due to altitude or weather!) reduces your flywheel power.
3300 flywheel hp, minus cooling system parasitics (cooling fan and pump), minus traction motor blowers, minus air compressor, minus potential for HEP, 90% generator/traction motor efficiency, and then derate by some percentage for the altitude at Silverton. Oh, and the potential for a load of crap diesel.
You probably don't need more than 6 motors by the time you're done.
SRK
Chillicothe, IL
Brian Norden Wrote:
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> I'm wondering if the newest wire for motor
> windings might use thinner insulation and thus
> allow more windings in a given space. And thus
> get more power.
>
> 500 hp per motor is what is needed.
>
> Oh, I recall that we talk about horsepower at the
> axles; while elsewhere in the world the horsepower
> is at the Diesel engine before fans, etc. Would
> that make the difference we're talking about.
>
> BN