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Ford Powerstroke pulls 280,000 lb train... - YouTube

 

Yea I saw that episode. Too bad they didn't make it fair and have the dodge and chevy try as well!

 

Just any truck can pull a locomotive, there is so little rolling resistance with steel on steel it would easy to do.

 

So I guess you may think pulling down two or three telephone poles is something! Lol

 

Fun fact? How much contact is there between a train wheel and the track?

Answer: The contact patch is about the size of a dime, per wheel.

 

I fell asleep before I saw this...LOL

I think the dodge or chevy could have also done it.

I still love the 6.7 Ford doing donuts around the other trucks

Lets take that train off them tracks and then see who can move it.

 

Got a PSI value for that patch?

Pop

 

Now THAT would be interesting!

Could you just divide the the weight of the train by the number of wheels?

 

give me about 3 hours Pop. i have a formula for that back at the fire station. serisouly. we need it to calculate hydraulic loads from fire hose and what not. gimme 3 hours. ill have an answer

 

Surface area of dime. Diameter=.835, So Pi(radius)^2=square inch per dime.
Pi(.4175)^2=.547 Sq inches per wheel of the train.

So if the train cart had 16 wheels .547(16)=8.752 square inches to distribute the weight. Now at 280,000 lbs. That would be 280,000/8.752= 31,992 lbs per square inch. Or 280,000/16 = 17,500 lbs per wheel

Should be right

 

too bad i dont have cabel :-/