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Re: infrared remote control of LEGO trains using NQC and RCX
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 23 Mar 2000 01:56:08 GMT
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John Neal wrote in message <38D95EDE.7BFAE53A@uswest.net>...
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> Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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> > In lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke writes:
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> > > > In other news. My new turntable module is 95% done. It Measures 96 • studs
> > > > square, with a 80 stud diameter turntable.
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> > > That's long enough for any engine one can imagine.
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> > Maybe. I doubt it, though. :-) US locos need their tenders attached and I • think
> > loco's we've seen posted already may have size issues, for instance Dan's • Big
> > Boy.
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> > were someone to build an Erie Triplex, that would be even bigger.
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> IIRC, the big boy was longer than the triplex despite having fewer drivers • <not
> that you are wrrrrrr, prolly a bad recall on my part>
Here's an interesting page:
http://www.steamlocomotive.com/misc/largest.html
If you define "steam engine" as powered by steam, then the biggest in many
ways is The Norfolk and Western
Steam Turbine Locomotive <http://www.railroad.net/nw/>.
If you want to stick to what most people would think of as a "steam engine"
(there's also a C&O M-1 which is a steam turbine) then we have:
Longest: UP 4-8-8-4 85'-10" + 47'-0" = 132'-10"
Heaviest: C&O H-8 2-6-6-6 Eng. #778,000* Tender #320,540 Total #1,098,540
Most Pulling Force: Virginian X-A 2-8-8-8-4 166,300 (compound) 199,560
(simple)
Most Powerfull: C&O H-8 2-6-6-6 7,500@40MPH
Big Boy is:
Length: 132' 10"
Weight: Eng. #772,250 Tender #436,500 Total #1,208,750
Pulling Force: 135,375
Power: 6,200 (DBHP), 6,000@37MPH (CHP)
Eirie Triplex <http://www.webpraxis.ab.ca/cgi-bin/steam/_mpd/mpd.cgi> is:
Length:
Weight: Total #853,050
Pulling Force: 160,000
Power: ?
This guy does have the record for the heaviest train ever hauled by a single
locomotive: 17,600 tons (250 cars, 1.6 miles long).
There is some interesting discussion at
<http://german-railways.com/Interactive/General/QsAndAs/1998Jan2281650.htm>.
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