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Hugh Odom

January 22, 2001 03:06PM

The tractive effort equation only calculates starting tractive effort, and therefore is not affected by superheating, feedwater heaters, etc. These items not only affect fuel and water economy, but also horsepower at speed. The superheated engine would produce more pull at speed than an equivalent saturated engine.

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tractive effort equation	c hawkins	January 22, 2001 01:24PM
Re: tractive effort equation	Earl Knoob	January 22, 2001 03:06PM
Re: tractive effort equation	Les Clark	January 23, 2001 09:31AM
Re: tractive effort equation	Rick Steele	January 26, 2001 09:57AM
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