Diesel Elect. Locomotives

Tags: Reference
Email this Topic • Print this Page

Read Discussion
Reply to All

How much fuel do these guys burn? Per hr. Gal/per mile? 1 mile train, flat land? 6K HP?? CID?? Sometimes 6 power units! Just courious.

Topic Stats
Top Replies
Link/Embed

Type: Discussion • Score: 0 • Views: 656 • Replies: 3

[+2] - contrex - 06/27/2007Typical specific fuel consumption for an Alco 16 cylinder 3600 hp diesel locomotive engine would be around 166 grams of fuel per bhp per hour Do the math...
[+2] - jclbiz - 09/27/2008What is the CID of these engines? jclbiz
[+1] - contrex - 09/28/2008A Diesel engine of this class would be around round 10,000 to 12,000 cubic inches, although the convention for locomotives is to quote the displacement for 1 cylinder.

Typical specific fuel consumption for an Alco 16 cylinder 3600 hp diesel locomotive engine would be around 166 grams of fuel per bhp per hour

Do the math...

1 Reply

@contrex,

What is the CID of these engines?

jclbiz

1 Reply

@jclbiz,

A Diesel engine of this class would be around round 10,000 to 12,000 cubic inches, although the convention for locomotives is to quote the displacement for 1 cylinder.

0 Replies

Read Discussion
Reply to All

Diesel Elect. Locomotives

Related Topics