Talk:Wabash class P1
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[edit] 35,840 pounds?
The fuel capacity was listed as 35,840 pounds. But that over-precise number stretches my credulity to the limit. The main problem is that this comes out to an even 16 long tons. A coincidence? Perhaps. But not really likely. The problems is:
- The American railroad people weren't likely to be measuring this fuel capacity in long tons. So is the problem
- It was actually 16 short tons, but misidentified as long tons and misconverted to pounds on that basis?
- Or was some other figure in pounds or short tons converted into long tons in some British publication which some Wikipedia editor used as a source? Note that 36,000 pounds or 18 short tons is 16.07... long tons which rounds to 16 long tons.
Gene Nygaard (talk) 22:27, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
- Well the source of the tender capacity (and the rest of the info for that edit) was Hollingsworth, and he does actually quote it as 35,840 lb (16.3 t). — Iain Bell (talk) 21:43, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
