10-10-2014, 05:05 PM
There is a lot more to this track layout than greets the eye.
A track plan that long will require multiple power supply points just to move one loco smoothly, now add in the electrical load of nine locos, and then add the drag of all those hopper cars, and the distribution of the locos within the hopper cars. Dont forget the friction caused by the spiral curvature, the gradients up and down for the flyover, not to mention the work required to develop a 15" radius out to 36".
Suddenly you begin to realise that this "insane track idea" has some serious issues requiring engineered solutions.
Not to mention that all that track and those hopper cars would have cost some serious coin.
Mark
A track plan that long will require multiple power supply points just to move one loco smoothly, now add in the electrical load of nine locos, and then add the drag of all those hopper cars, and the distribution of the locos within the hopper cars. Dont forget the friction caused by the spiral curvature, the gradients up and down for the flyover, not to mention the work required to develop a 15" radius out to 36".
Suddenly you begin to realise that this "insane track idea" has some serious issues requiring engineered solutions.
Not to mention that all that track and those hopper cars would have cost some serious coin.
Mark
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