Re: Steam locomotive horsepower...
| December 27, 2011 01:55PM |
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ok at the farm we run the c-19s at 150psi. This gives us a 10psi safety margin to not lift the safeties. We are told not to lift them during park hours so not to scare people, but it does happen every now and then
The specs for our c-19s would be as fallows:
Cx2= 32
S=20 (unless you need to double this as well)
P=127.5
MPH=5 (our speed limit is 8 but we normally run around 5)
D=36
I suck at math, and when i run these numbers I come up with 30. So I must be doing this wrong. I can imagine 41 only having 30hp.
What am I doing wrong?
The specs for our c-19s would be as fallows:
Cx2= 32
S=20 (unless you need to double this as well)
P=127.5
MPH=5 (our speed limit is 8 but we normally run around 5)
D=36
I suck at math, and when i run these numbers I come up with 30. So I must be doing this wrong. I can imagine 41 only having 30hp.
What am I doing wrong?
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