|
|
| Re: How Railroad Could Have Avoided / Ameliorated Fiery Crash (1338568) | |||
 |
|||
| Home > SubChat | |||
|
[ Read Responses | Post a New Response | Return to the Index ] |
|
||
|
Re: How Railroad Could Have Avoided / Ameliorated Fiery Crash |
|
|
Posted by Jace on Sat Feb 7 14:40:15 2015, in response to Re: How Railroad Could Have Avoided / Ameliorated Fiery Crash, posted by Dutchrailnut on Sat Feb 7 14:11:33 2015. More like 40,000-50,000 pounds heavier; not three times. LRVs brake better because they have hydraulic and track brakes and they have more braked axles. There's no reason these features can't be engineered into new MUs if the desire is to improve braking performance. They may look a lot different than the M7s and they may cost more but cars are always designed to whatever is the most important criteria be it cost, weight, energy consumption, maintainability, compatibility, safety or even braking rate. |
|
|
|