... be a powerful mother-F***er Oh, I dunno. Several of the trucks only had one container on. A few were empty. And the vast majority had two containers on. So average at 1.8 [1] containers? [1] Spot the number plucked out of the air, have no intention of watching that video again and counting the number of containers and the number of trucks. -- www.cheesesoup.myby.co.uk

.... To this day, Deltics are the UK's most powerful diesel locomotive (even though they were withdrawn years ago) and they typically developed 3300 bhp in service. I guess those locos in the video would knock out 5000bhp each. Quite possibly had further assistance when starting from rest though. I'm more impressed with the grip they must have - there's only so much ...

... It's impressive stuff. To this day, Deltics are the UK's most powerful diesel locomotive (even though they were withdrawn years ago) and they typically developed 3300 bhp in service. I guess those locos in the video would knock out 5000bhp each. Quite possibly had further assistance when starting from rest though. -- Regards, Vince. www.TruckDrivingInRussia.co.uk

John Wright wrote: On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 22:26:57 -0000, "Brimstone" <brimstone@hotmail.com> wrote: The stopping distance requirement is as you say. But an engine is what makes a vehicle move, not stop. One can have the gubbins to activate the brakes electrically controlled on each vehicle rather than simply on the front and rear. The Electro-Pneumatic brake was ...

John Wright wrote: On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 18:47:02 -0000, "Brimstone" <brimstone@hotmail.com> wrote: John Wright wrote: Indeed, anyone listening to the recent celebration of the IC125 would know that one reason for having an engine at each end is to reduce the time taken for the brakes to come on in an emergency. I've seen some pronouncements that quite ...

John Wright wrote: Indeed, anyone listening to the recent celebration of the IC125 would know that one reason for having an engine at each end is to reduce the time taken for the brakes to come on in an emergency. I've seen some pronouncements that quite wonderfully demonstrate the speaker's/writer's utter lack of knowledge but that is supreme.

Sam Nelson wrote: http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~keay/sprial.html (note the typo) shows a double-headed train with the locomotives crossing over the trucks they're hauling. Quite impressive, I reckon!

> More likely one of the penalties of a lack of investment. Countries like CH, Austria and Italy have more difficulties adapting mountain tunnels but they were prepared to put in the cash. Yes, but our earliest railways were conceived in the days of four wheeled locomotives like the Rocket hauling open topped carriages at 30mph so I think we should forgive them for not having ...

In article <1162204171.446998.193040@f16g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>, conkersack@yahoo.com writes: Abo wrote: Conor wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkOlo5mV_5A&mode=related&search= I stopped counting at 130. That's awesome! Must take some horsepower/torque to pull that lot... Pah! S'nowt impressive there! You want to see the big trains - ...

In article <4545c9bc$0$90362$dbd41001@news.wanadoo.nl>, "GeoffC" <me@home.invalid.com> writes: In news:dLqdndWQr7cKvdjYRVnygw@bt.com, Knight Of The Road <russiatrucking@hotmail.com> typed: "SimonJ" <me@mine.net> wrote It would take roughly the same distance to stop as a single truck would, given that each truck has its own brakes. No- under perfect ...