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Train Trivia 12/22/05 (ANSWERED)

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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, December 23, 2005 9:40 PM
320. Matt already gave you a source.
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trainboyH16-44
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Posted by trainboyH16-44 on Thursday, December 22, 2005 11:02 PM
Mwahahahahaha!

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Texas Zepher
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Posted by Texas Zepher on Thursday, December 22, 2005 10:51 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by trainboyH16-44
Time to consult the latest MR...

What fun its it just to look something up?

Much more interesting to try to figure it out:
There is 746 watts per horsepower.
746 * 2000 hp. = 1492000 watts
1492000 watts / 20 volts = 74600 amps
So if each battery can deal out 150 Amps it would take 500 batteries.

That is of course assuming it could run totally on the batteries, which I doubt. But is its as good a guess as I can come up with.
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Posted by TrainFreak409 on Thursday, December 22, 2005 10:39 PM
Well...Isn't that a little, unimportant number you just happen to remember after you read an MR?[:p] I know I did.

Scott - Dispatcher, Norfolk Southern

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trainboyH16-44
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Posted by trainboyH16-44 on Thursday, December 22, 2005 9:52 PM
Time to consult the latest MR...
yay! Got it!

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Train Trivia 12/22/05 (ANSWERED)
Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 22, 2005 9:16 PM
Have Fun!
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