Railway Engineering
A train is hauled by 2-8-2 locomotive with 22.5 tonnes and on each driving axle. Assuming the coefficient of rail-wheel friction to be 0.25, what would be the hauling capacity of the locomotive?

90.0 tonnes
45.0 tonnes
15.0 tonnes
22.5 tonnes

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Railway Engineering
On a single rail track, goods trains loaded with heavy iron material run starting from ‘A’ to ‘B’ and then empty wagons run from ‘B’ to ‘A’. The amount of creep in the rails:

Will be maximum at the middle of A and B
Will be more in the direction of A to B
Cannot be determined from the given data
Will be more in the direction of B to A

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Railway Engineering
Flange-way clearance is the distance

Through which the tongue rail moves laterally at the toe of the switch
Between the gauge faces of the stock rail and the tongue rail
Between the adjoining faces of the running rail and the check rail near the crossing
None of these

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