 | | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview —Frank Filz
| | | | (...) Aren't there also gains in reduced wheel friction? Even if the center trucks weighed the same as 2 normal trucks, the wheel friction would be reduced in the single truck example. Of course axle loading weight goes up with the single center (...) (19 years ago, 6-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview —Jan-Albert van Ree
| | | | | (...) Don't forget the weight per axle... in Europe it's almost nowhere allowed to go over 22.5 metric tons (21 being most common in the Netherlands), while I've heard it's sometimes over 30 in the USA. Shared bogies here under container cars are (...) (19 years ago, 6-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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