05-04-2016, 07:41 PM
One article I read said that a locomotive should pull 4 times its own weight. But the illustration showed a tank engine with all drivers.
For interest: the 44-tonner was produced because of either a union agreement or some other regulation that required 2 crew members in any loco weighing over 90,000 pounds.
For interest: the 44-tonner was produced because of either a union agreement or some other regulation that required 2 crew members in any loco weighing over 90,000 pounds.
David
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.