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Old 09-05-2008, 01:39 PM   #5 (permalink)
Clev
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Originally Posted by Brian03cav View Post
i could see this being true to the fact that once you have the truck moving it wouldn't take as much to keep it moving, just like any vehicle. my mileage shows really low accelerating but then levels once im maintaining speed. maybe the same applies to trucks?
And trains. I would guess that, given a flat straight surface, a 200 car train takes about the same amount of energy to keep moving as a 150 car train. The only difference is in the curves and grades.
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