Train Trivia 2/23/05 (ANSWERED)

[Anonymous]

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[Texas Zepher]

If it is a Centipede shouldn't it have 100?

[trainfreek92]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Texas Zepher

If it is a Centipede shouldn't it have 100?

Ya shgouldnt it have 100 wheels?? Pretty weird looking train if it did[8D]

[Anonymous]

Real centipedes don't have 100 feet though!

[twcenterprises]

Oh, come on. I remember according to "Diesel Locomotives, The First 50 Years", it
mentioned something about a pair of Centipedes and 96 brake shoes. Simple math equals 24 wheels each.

Brad

[TrainFreak409]

QUOTE: Originally posted by twcenterprises

Oh, come on. I remember according to "Diesel Locomotives, The First 50 Years", it
mentioned something about a pair of Centipedes and 96 brake shoes. Simple math equals 24 wheels each.

Brad

That's a good way to calculate it. Or you could just do what I have done, and memorize the wheel configuration of a single Centipede.[:D]

[Anonymous]

2-D-D-2, that's 24 wheels same as the Big Boy.