BigBoyFan4006
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I'm trying to find an equation that can give me the tonnage rating for a given locomotive, using the locomotive's traction effort/horsepower and the ruling grade of a route. I've searched on Google, and found some explanations as to how you would calculate the tonnage rating (including a couple threads here in the forums), but no defined equation. (I'm a numbers guy, so I like to know how to crunch my numbers.) Any help is appreciated!
EDIT: Would there also happen to be a similar equation for dynamic braking? Or would pulling tonnage and dynamic braking tonnage correlate?
EDIT: Would there also happen to be a similar equation for dynamic braking? Or would pulling tonnage and dynamic braking tonnage correlate?
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