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Old 28th July 2011, 12:41
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Originally Posted by saxokid View Post
Was outside Immingham this afternoon,when i saw one Ews "66" pulling 31 petrol tankers,is there no limit on how many tankers can be pulled just by one loco??
There is somewhere but I can't find it
I KNOW

they have a brake force of 66 tonnes

their nominal tractive effort is 920 tonnes continuous

so the limit of tankers is only worked out by their weight
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