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? 10

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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?
T'
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Transcribed Image Text: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? T' 11
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