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From: dnc@clyde.UUCP (Don Corey)
Newsgroups: net.railroad
Subject: Re: looking for info about regearing locos and performance adjustments
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Date: Thu, 4-Oct-84 21:43:27 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct  4 21:43:27 1984
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Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Whippany NJ
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>  What do people think of flywheels?

"Model Railroading Magazine" tested five locomotives with and without flywheels
in their Fall 1981 and Spring 1983 issues. Their tests indicated that quality
flywheels smooth out the operation of diesel locomotives while cheap ones
degraded performance. They found that all flywheels degraded the performance
of steam locomotives. They didn't know why this happened, but they speculated
that the slack in the side rods set up a sling-shot effect which more than
offset the flywheel's useful affect through the worm gear.
-- 
Don Corey
AT&T Bell Laboratories
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