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Posted 29 November 2020 - 11:11 PM

Activity Boeing Train West Part 1

Push a stalled train 14,000 tonnes

I have just run the activity up to the broken train.
I got a number of coupler breaks of 1.2 million pounds at car 64from con file BNSF Dash 9-44CW 111car G-BENLVW 4hlp dp

As there are 2 dash9's ( 280,000lb ) on the front and 4 sd70ace's ( 700,000lb ) at car 82, I don't see how its possible to get a force of 1,2 million pounds at car 64.

Is it possible the calculation of coupler break is using compression force rather than stretch force?

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Posted 30 November 2020 - 01:46 AM

Hi Team,

The attached picture shows the couplers breaking on compression, if I read this correctly.
I am not sure this is what we want.

Comments please?


The hud shows coupler force of 1300kN, which is 292250lb, yet the OR log shows 1,300,000 lb

What am I converting incorrectly?

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