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This is the entire problem: Bailey Mine Branch Consolidation Coal Company’s Bailey Mine can produce and load 10,000 tons of coal per shift. The mine works three shifts per day five days per week for 50 weeks out of the year. They have a 19 mile-long track known as the Bailey Mine Branch that...

It does not relate to it.

You're correct, I omitted the portion of the question that was related to lubrication. Rails that are lubricated will have a greater life span in terms of tonnage it can handle before failing.

In asking for help from my professor I was told this: As far as the specifics, you know the formula for determining the length of a curve, L=100*I/D. Knowing the D and the L, you can determine the I angles. Then you need to add the I angles for the various degrees of curve to come up with a...

0.3 19 5.7 tangent track miles 0.55 19 10.45 6 degree curves 0.15 19 2.85 10 degree curves Length of Curve = I ? Dc