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<br><p>Paul,</p><p>I came back to Baldwin`s 60000 web-page and had some fun with the numbers:</p><p>though, it had a Worthington feed-water, it contained some modern boiler aspects and achieved during tests coal/to water ratios of 6-7% and boiler efficiency of 50-70%.</p><p>The fun is, however, taken from the test on the ATSF<br></p><h3><i><b><font size="1">PERFORMANCE OF LOCOMOTIVE NUMBER 60,000, AND 3800 CLASS LOCOMOTIVES, BELEN TO MOUNTAINAIR</font></b></i></h3><p>tests results show, BB (and other BIG articulates ) would produce more than double of HP in the speed of 10-14mph.</p><p>OK, blame me for this unfair comparison, but Baldwin 60000 is not a small loco at all, but BB is not double big either. <br></p><pre>But nothing from the Baldwin was adapted to later built engines.</pre><pre>-edit- <br></pre><pre><b><i>Anyway, do locomotive compatible boiler-based steam-turbines exist? </i></b></pre><pre><b><i>Any propagation to put it on a locomotive frame?</i></b><br></pre><pre><i>Cheers</i></pre><pre><i>lars </i><br></pre><br>
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