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| Ev Archive for June 2001 |
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| 1927 messages, last added Wed Aug 08 18:52:33 2001 |
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Re: diesel loco
The only mechanically couple diesel loco I've ever seen was direct drive
like a steam engine......I don't remember how they started it. I guess they
used compressed air.
Grant Wallace
Hixson, TN
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----- Original Message -----
From: <ScuderiaEV@aol.com>
To: <ev@listproc.sjsu.edu>
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 1:49 PM
Subject: Re: diesel loco
> In a message dated 29/06/01 18:17:47 GMT Daylight Time,
> zilliondreams@yahoo.com writes:
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> > But, the losses in the various stages of energy conversion would make
> direct
> > drive from the engine a more feasible
> > option, at least for the initial push. Why waste so much energy?
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> Try coming up with a mechanical scheme to transfer power from one engine,
to
> eight wheels mounted on two pivoting bogies.
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> Paul Compton
> www.sciroccoev.co.uk
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