<div dir="ltr">I'm pretty sure that's with a traditional coal boiler...might be more efficient with a sterling engine but I don't have the physics chops to calculate it. But a coal boiler at the base/top running an electric generation facility feeding electric drive wheels would be even more efficient and would allow the boiler+generator to run at more efficient rates.<div><br></div><div>/brian chee</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 9:54 AM Phil Shapiro <<a href="mailto:pshapiro@his.com">pshapiro@his.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div><div style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br><div>How much coal would you think it takes to power the cog-rail train up Mt. Washington, in New Hampshire? <br></div><br><div> I've hiked that mountain -- almost to the top. It's a nice mountain, but nowhere near as tall as mountains out west.<br></div><br><div> It's 6,288 feet tall. <br></div><br><div> I was surprised to hear the answer. It takes a ton of coal to get to the top of Mt. Washington. 2000 pounds.<br></div><br><div> Explained in this short video.<br></div><br><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=64&v=8GEJQEl3Ml" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=64&v=8GEJQEl3Ml</a>8<br></div><br><div> Presumably no coal is used on the down trip -- although the idea of an unpowered train coasting down Mt. Washington<br></div><div>is not entirely reassuring.<br></div><br><div> phil<br></div><br><br><div>-- <br></div><div>--<br>Phil Shapiro, <a href="mailto:pshapiro@his.com" target="_blank">pshapiro@his.com</a><br><a href="http://www.his.com/pshapiro/briefbio.html" target="_blank">http://www.his.com/pshapiro/briefbio.html</a><br><a href="http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro" target="_blank">http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro</a><br><a href="http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html" target="_blank">http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html</a><br><br>"Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates<br>"Learning happens thru gentleness."<br><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">"We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose from real options." David Suzuki</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></div></div></div><br></div></div></div>-- <br>
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