What is the consumption (gasoil)) of a train ?

Question

I need Urgently this information? PLEASEEE !

Answer 1

None if its electric, i dunno about diesel. Sorry

Answer 2

Try this link.  It's got all the info you need.

Answer 3

It all depends on the train and the WEIGHT of the train.  Typically, a modern diesel freight engine get's about 400 MILES per GALLON of diesel fuel PER TON BEING HAULED... so to answer your question, you have to state HOW MANY TONS the train weighs that you want to know about.

It's not like a car that gets so many miles per gallon... it is ENTIRELY dependent on the WEIGHT BEING HAULED... so nobody on Answers can answer your question because there IS no answer.

An Engine can weigh 100 TONS and there are 2 or 3 or more engines on a train.  Each car can weigh anywhere from 10 tons empty to 100 tons loaded and each train can have anywhere from one or 2 cars to 100 OR MORE... you can see the weight figures can be significant.

Answer 4

Garrison is not completely correct.There is a fuel burn chart for each throttle notch(there are 8 throttle notches).A new locomotive such as a SD 70(4000hp) or a C44or 45(4400hp) at full throttle burn around 160 gallons of fuel an hour each.It really doesn't matter how much weight it's pulling,the fuel consumption is going to remain the same.It's more a question of how much throttle you need to keep it going.Of course the lower the throttle notch the less fuel they burn.A 16,000 ton coal train requires much higher throttle to maintain speed than say a 4000 ton intermodal train.A new locomotive weighs a bit over 200 tons.And loaded cars where i work have a load limit of 143 tons.

EDIT..i went to our web site and i was wrong.They list the average for new units at 209 gallons an hour at full throttle.Here's the chart they give us.

Fuel Use

Fuel burn in power (Gallons per hour)

Model  HP               N8   N7   N6   N5   N4   N3   N2   N1

C44AC  4380          210  171  140  109  79  53  27  12

SD9043AC  4300  202  172  139  100  77  54  28  16

AC Fleet Averge     209  171  140  108  79  53  27  13

Fuel burn in Dynamic Braking

Model HP  Idle  DB2  DB4  DB6  DB8  

C44AC  4380  3  4  6  8  13  

SD9043AC  4300  3  7  7  9  9  

AC Fleet Averge    3  5  6  8  12