• oberstoffensichtlich@feddit.org
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    4 months ago

    Hitting the diesel tank on the bottom of a locomotive won’t cause a huge explosion with enough force to lift it off the tracks. There’s a good chance it just causes a fire on the leaking fuel. The diesel locomotive might even be able to keep going for a bit by using its batteries.

    A diesel locomotive weighs in at about 200 tons. That’s like three tanks.