On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 18:20:06 -0800, Pat White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's one big locomotive! And heavy, too, at 1.2 million lbs. The > heaviest Diesel locomotive I'm familiar with is the GM SD-40, which weighs > 389,000 lbs when equipped with a V-16 General Motors 645E3 engine (645 cubic > inches per cylinder, for a total of 10,320 cubic inches, or around 169 > liters, producing 3000hp at 990rpm). It was also available with a V-20 > engine, but there may be larger, heavier Diesels available now. > > All the same, it looks like they'd be dwarfed by the Big Boy.
I remember now, you used to work for the railway, didn't you? I guess you'd know this stuff then... <vbg> -frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
