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George Lortz

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GM Builders Specification Cards
« on: April 07, 2013, 03:18:38 pm »
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Ron Marquardt

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Re: GM Builders Specification Cards
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2013, 04:08:42 pm »
I'd say General Motors was guilty of a little false advertising there.  They infer the tractive effort to be 25% of engine weight, while the industry standards for first and second generation diesels was only 20% of engine weight.  Interesting??   ???  / Ron

Steve Dolzall

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Re: GM Builders Specification Cards
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2013, 07:14:02 pm »
Baldwin-Lima Hamilton also used a 25% adhesion factor in their diesel locomotive publications.