Lesson plan
Dynamometer car
dynamometer car on display at the National Railway Museum in York and South Australian Railways joint stock dynamometer car (coupled between the locomotive tender and the train) being used to record the performance of a VR X class locomotive running on pulverised brown coal A dynamometer car is a railroad maintenance of way car used for measuring various aspects of a locomotive's performance. Measurements include tractive effort (pulling force), power, top speed, etc.
Article summary
dynamometer car on display at the National Railway Museum in York and South Australian Railways joint stock dynamometer car (coupled between the locomotive tender and the train) being used to record the performance of a VR X class locomotive running on pulverised brown coal A dynamometer car is a railroad maintenance of way car used for measuring various aspects of a locomotive's performance. Measurements include tractive effort (pulling force), power, top speed, etc.
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- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
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