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Re: PHOTOS : The M-8 struts her stuff....and very well!! :-) |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Wed Jun 30 19:15:35 2010, in response to Re: PHOTOS : The M-8 struts her stuff....and very well!! :-), posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Wed Jun 30 13:53:09 2010. There was a little big of a lag when running in DC (3rd rail), even the engineer, the road foremen, and the techs noted that, but still with the load we had (simulated, using the sandbags), the train accelerated and braked very respectably. The only issues we saw were excessive arcs, and that was because of improperly adjusted 3rd rail shoes, one of which did break off. But the train still ran damn good in DC, and the techs raved about how well she runs in AC (catenary).The only downside is that with the cab signals bring disabled and not cut in yet, the engineer had to keep his foot on the deadman pedal, and we had to have Form M movement authority with absolute blocks established, in order to proceed, and were restricted to speeds not exceeding 59 MPH as per rules regarding operation with absolute blocks established, and Slow Speed (Not exceeding 15 MPH) thru interlockings. |
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