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I find no possible justfication for nueturing engines. I would want the engine to be big and strong because the more horses availible to do the work... the less "work" the engine has to do to move the load. Makes sense? <br /> <br />I have driven a Cummins M11 under steel loads (slightly more than 320 horses) and burned basically all the fuel per hour I could get into the engine while crossing mountains. A more expensive Detroit or Caterpiller at a higher horsepower rating will get the same load up the hill without burning so much fuel or stressing the componets. <br /> <br />For railroads, I am thinking why isnt the load on the engines constant, they are basically turning a generator to create electricity for the motors down below? If you only can create so much Wattage and Amps to a certain limit to feed your motors. <br /> <br />To me stripping engines in a shop takes man hours that costs money. I think any kind of savings will be wiped out by this work and also any future problems that will come up down the road. <br /> <br />[2c]
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