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Locomotive operation; a technical and practical analysis (1904)

Henderson, G. R. (George R.), b. 1861 · Chicago, Railway Age · leaf 388

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p; Northwestern locomotive. From this point,or speed, the locus falls rapidly, indicating that the lever mustbe brought back, giving earlier cut-offs and lower tractivevalues. The plate gives ratios of T. F. or available tractiveforce to T. T. F. or theoretical tractive force, and thus thevalues… … /voi^aAOaiix Jo }u3Q as^ ^ 3/8 LUCU.AIOTRE OPER.\TION. .8 P cr s becomes, for these speeds, ; the same as equation 99. D For higher speeds we must follow the line BC; thus, at 160revolutions, the ordinate is 40. and the available tractive force.4 P d= s at this speed will be . (We are here…

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