Talk:Wabash class P1

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)


 * Update: I have found an alternative source that includes a line drawing and photographs. One photograph clearly shows the tender as marked “16 TONS”. As these will be short tons, I have updated the article accordingly. Iain Bell (talk) 15:08, 6 August 2008 (UTC)