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Re: Pilot holes on 2nd gen SP diesels
Author: Dr Zarkoff
Date: 07-31-2015 - 00:35

>If the locomotive is lifted by the method described, what would keep the locomotive from rolling over upside down ???

The trucks.

>It seems to me that most of the weight ( prime mover, main generator, radiators, electrical cabinet ) is located well above the coupler shank.

At least 1/2 the weight of a locomotive is in its trucks.

>I have seen pics of quite a few diesel hood units that have reinforced lifting eyes on the upper edges of both end pilots.

Well, they're not attached to the pilot but the locomotive frame. Think of the pilot being essentially being made out of tissue paper compared to the locomotive frame.

I was speaking in the context of the locomotive derailing one truck. If you pick it up by the coupler, the other truck, still on the rails, will help keep it from tipping over. IF the thing is lying on its side in a ditch, that's another matter, and the crane people will try to use those shoe tings on the side sills to right it.

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  Pilot holes on 2nd gen SP diesels HUTCH 7.62 07-28-2015 - 22:11
  Re: Pilot holes on 2nd gen SP diesels George Andrews 07-29-2015 - 08:04
  Re: Pilot holes on 2nd gen SP diesels Dr Zarkoff 07-29-2015 - 18:41
  Re: Pilot holes on 2nd gen SP diesels Nudge 07-29-2015 - 20:42
  Re: Pilot holes on 2nd gen SP diesels Dr Zarkoff 07-30-2015 - 11:11
  Re: Pilot holes on 2nd gen SP diesels George Andrews 07-30-2015 - 20:36
  Re: Pilot holes on 2nd gen SP diesels Dr Zarkoff 07-31-2015 - 00:35


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