Earl Pitts Wrote:
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> Nudge Wrote:
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> > Really? They would have all the prints and
> changes
> > in their office, of what has been done on
> Donner
> > over the last 60 some odd years?
> >
> > I don't think so. They would leave that sort of
> > business to the people who take care of the
> right
> > of way, M of W. They have the prints, changes
> and
> > other info at their finger tips. They would be
> > the folks that would tell Omaha what needed to
> be
> > done and the cost, before an engine of that size
> &
> > weight would be allowed over the district.
> >
> >
> > Nudge
>
> You are usually a straight shooter, so I guess I
> am
> having trouble understanding what you mean here.
> Are
> you saying that 21 years after the merger that all
> of that
> material, or at least copies of it, are not in
> Omaha by
> now? What about all the clearance and geometry
> car data
> taken since the merger?
>
> As to an "engine of that size and weight," I would
> remind
> you that a UP 4000 weighed 1,250,000 lbs ready for
> the road.
> That's with a full load of coal, water, sand,
> tools, and half
> a glass of water in the boiler. That figures out
> to 54,347
> pounds per axle. The SD70AH and C45T4 units weigh
> 427,000,
> which figures out to 71,166 pounds per axle. Heck,
> a 286,000
> railcar has 71,500 pounds on each axle. So weight
> can't be
> an issue.
>
> SP's ACs were 123' 9" long. UP 3985 is 121' 11"
> long, and
> 4014 is 132' 9" long, or 9 feet longer than the
> AC. Heights
> and widths are very similar. The overhang to the
> outside of
> curves is about 2" more on the 4014 than it was on
> an AC.
>
> Unless you think SP, after the steam era, went out
> to Donner
> and narrowed the tunnels, cuts, curves and track
> centers, I
> don't see your point.


So how does an AC-9 figure into this equation?