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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (51664)	6/2/2000 6:34:00 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) of 71178

<<I know locomotives are heavy mothers. Like those articulated jobbies that came just before diesel electrics. Five hundred tons wet, if mammary serves.>> Ain't it amazing those big diesel electrics do the same as hand cranks on the old telephones. Same on large ships. <<But those had very large wheels, and I would allow that the contact patch between wheel and rail grows proportionally. So pressure probably goes up some but not a whole lot. From 12 gauge to, say, 45 auto. <g> >> Got one for you smart guy. I don't remember the answer but I remember that a woman in high heels, puts many times the pressure in PSI as an elephant does on the flooring. It was like 100 times.

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