Dartz Wrote:And yet, you neglect The world's fastest steam locomotive. She'll make .126C for a short burst, so long as you don't mind the main bearings starting to overheat.Heh. Sorry! (^_^
I kinda have a fixation on American locomotives. Go with what you know and all. Heh-heh. (^_^Anyhow, yeah. Throw that one into the bunch.
But for her speed, I don't see her hauling a whole lot of stuff. The Mallard only had a tractive effort (pulling force) of 35,455 lbf (157.7 kN). The Pennsylvania Railroad's T-1 Class was a real powerhouse, pulling at 58,300 lbf (259.3 kN). In fact, if an engineer at the throttle of a T-1 wasn't careful, he could cause a violent wheel slip - even while traveling as fast as 100 mph (161 kph), thus damaging the poppet valves in the main cylinders. They were also described as 'free steaming', meaning they were able to maintain boiler pressure no matter what the throttle was set to. Theoretically, you could have the throttle wide open and she'd never run out of steam so long as the tender's supply of coal and water held out.