In Item 15 the energy derived
from all sources is equivalent to 24.3%; hence the stored heat may be
considered as responsible for an equivalent of 24.3% - 16% = 8.3% for a
distance of 5 miles.
TABLE 1.
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Item No.
|Length of grade, in miles.
| |Rate of grade.
| | |Maximum curvature.
| | | |Compensation.
| | | | |Gross weight of load, in tons.
| | | | | |Weight of tender, in tons.
| | | | | | |Weight of locomotive, in tons.
| | | | | | | |Weight on drivers, in tons.
| | | | | | | | |Percentage of weight on
| | | | | | | | |drivers utilized in draft.
| | | | | | | | | |Class.
| | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | |
--+-----+------+------+----+-----+--+-----+-----+-----+--------------------
1| 0.06|0.066 | | | 115| | 37.5| 29 |0.358| 8-28-1/3 C
2| 0.33|0.0203|25 deg.20'| | 242|25| 35 | 23 |0.285| 8-28 C
3| 1.0 |0.06 |16 deg. |0.05| 192|22| 57.5| 50 |0.
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