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Originally Posted by Vauron
Now, I figure that 30 mph is a decent speed to shoot for. Playing with the calculator tells us that 1 mph is roughly equal to a speed of 10 feet per round*, so we are shooting for a speed of 300. Lets say a freight train has a bulk of 2000**, order to reach the target speed we'd need a total push of 20 thousand. So, 200 engines are needed, and they require a total of 1200 puissance per round. Since I'm assuming a magisterial principal, lets assume level 9 is the highest level involved. At that level it is easy enough to make UMD checks in the thirties, so I'll assume that each transformer can handle 35 ebbs/round. This means that 32 copper/wood transformer pairs will be needed to supply power to the engines.
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Sorry to rain on your parade, but your train is impossible.
An Orthogonal Engine generates 100 push for 54 bulk. This gives a naked engine a velocity of a little over 55 ft per round (~6.25 mph).
Additional push requires a bigger engine and this scales linearly, so there is no way to break the 6.25 mph limit.