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Kanchan Kanya Express: ডুয়ার্সের রাণী - Joydeep Roy

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Blog Entry# 4749563
Posted: Oct 17 2020 (08:29)

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Dear Friends ,if there is straight 5 tracks of 50 km length with no slope /gradients etc .we have engines WAP 5,WAP 7 ,WAG9 ,WDP 4 and steam loco Big boy 4014 of US railways all lined up in each track .They all start at same time .Who is likely to win Race and why
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Oct 17 2020 (08:59)
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Thanks ,The wheel of this steam engine is more than double size of average human being. It has very few nos running in USA as of now .But still maintained by Pacific rail
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Oct 17 2020 (09:18)
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WDP 4 ultimately as it is weigh as well as momentum =mv2 will be a factor which will make is highest in horizontally movement.

For short distance WAP5 as it accelerates quickly.
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Oct 17 2020 (09:22)
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WAP5, quite easily.
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Oct 17 2020 (09:24)
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Steam is faster than wap-5
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Oct 17 2020 (09:28)
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Nope. The Big Boy could only hit 130kmph.

And in general steam locomotives are inferior to diesel and electric locos in terms of acceleration. The Big Boy will take a much longer time to reach its maximum speed compared to the WAP5.

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all the locos in this list, except the WAP5 are extremely heavy. The WAP5 has the same or more power compared all the others and is almost half the weight. It will leave all of them behind.

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