UP Turbine train question

[TrainFreak409]

QUOTE: Originally posted by TheAntiGates

QUOTE: Originally posted by TrainFreak409

This is just like comparing a truck with a car...

Well, maybe it is a dumb question, ...sorry.

But the math in your original reply comes out to burning 34.8 gallons per mile, and that just seems like WAY too much...but I really don't know. So, that was why I asked the SD 70 question, just out of curiousity to compare the two.

But then again, you have to add in the fact that turbines were the "Gas Guzzlers" of the rails. That was their downfall.And when you look at a monster truck, they only get a few hundred feet to the gallon of gasoline. Most diesels don't even get a full mile to the gallon due to their huge engines. So, I wouldn't be surprised it a turbine only went a mile for every 35 gallons.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by TrainFreak409

This is just like comparing a truck with a car...

Well, maybe it is a dumb question, ...sorry.

But the math in your original reply comes out to burning 34.8 gallons per mile, and that just seems like WAY too much...but I really don't know. So, that was why I asked the SD 70 question, just out of curiousity to compare the two.

[TrainFreak409]

QUOTE: Originally posted by TheAntiGates

QUOTE: Originally posted by TrainFreak409

QUOTE: Originally posted by TheAntiGates

Well, how much fuel would you say a typical SD 70 burns in total, moving from LA to Chicago???

A couple thousand gallons, at least, I would think. They can't do it in one trip, can they?

Heh, if I knew, I wouldn't be asking....[}:)]

Sombody has got to have this stuff in a book, somewhere...(lol) don't they?

Now I am curious, how does the SD70 compare to a turbine? This is just like comparing a truck with a car...

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by TrainFreak409

QUOTE: Originally posted by TheAntiGates

Well, how much fuel would you say a typical SD 70 burns in total, moving from LA to Chicago???

A couple thousand gallons, at least, I would think. They can't do it in one trip, can they?

Heh, if I knew, I wouldn't be asking....[}:)]

Sombody has got to have this stuff in a book, somewhere...(lol) don't they?

[TrainFreak409]

QUOTE: Originally posted by TheAntiGates

Well, how much fuel would you say a typical SD 70 burns in total, moving from LA to Chicago???

A couple thousand gallons, at least, I would think. They can't do it in one trip, can they?

[Anonymous]

Well, how much fuel would you say a typical SD 70 burns in total, moving from LA to Chicago???

[TrainFreak409]

QUOTE: Originally posted by TheAntiGates

24,384 gallons...(?)

I would hope they got CONSIDERABLY more than 700 miles out of that.

My gosh! it would take half a shift just to fill the tank, wouldn't it?

Well, I edited my post, since as we all know, turbines were fuel eaters. My original thought was that they got well over 1000, but I am not certain on fuel miliage. (YES, I'm slipping, I know, I'm working too hard on memorizing the facts of Briti***urbines right now, okay, I'll make mistakes.)

[Anonymous]

24,384 gallons...(?)

I would hope they got CONSIDERABLY more than 700 miles out of that.

My gosh! it would take half a shift just to fill the tank, wouldn't it?

[TrainFreak409]

That tank holds 24,384 gallons of Bunker M, and it would go without stopping from Point A to Point B. So, that is quite a distance, hundreds of miles on a single tank.

[coborn35]

Just guessing but, alot?!

[Anonymous]

I'm sure many of you remember UP's 'Big Blow' turbine locomotives

, that made use of old steam loco water tenders as fuel tanks.

On average, assuming a full load freight in tow, approx how many miles could the get out of a full tank?