Locomotive The Union Pacific’s Big Boy locomotive could

Chapter 11, Problem 42E

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Problem 42E

Locomotive The Union Pacific’s Big Boy locomotive could pull 6000-ton trains with a tractive effort (pull) of 602,148 N (135,375 lb). At this level of effort, about how much work did Big Boy do on the (approximately straight) 605-km journey from San Francisco to Los Angeles?

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