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Re: How 3rd Rail Running Commuter Rail Could Have Avoided / Ameliorated Fiery Crash |
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Posted by ElectricTraction on Mon Feb 16 18:41:00 2015, in response to Re: How 3rd Rail Running Commuter Rail Could Have Avoided / Ameliorated Fiery Crash, posted by j trainloco on Sat Feb 14 21:00:39 2015. Electricity is about 1/2 the price of gas/diesel in CT and NY. Nationwide, it's about 1/3.Caltrain can't get out of it's own way. I was out there a couple of years ago, and man, a 3000 or 3600HP loco accelerating 7 or 8 giant bilevel cars barely feels like acceleration, and there's severe loading lag. I was used to 8,000HP M-8 sets or 6800HP 8-car Amtrak trains taking off instantaneously like a rocket ship. Watching a Caltrain get moving involves lot of noise from the loco, but the train is barely rolling by the time the other end passes you. With Amtrak (or MN), the rear of that train is flying if you are standing where the AEM-7 is stopped for a station stop. The Sprinters must be even better. |
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