by BuddSilverliner269
Effective next Monday, the maximum allowable speed for the SLV on Amtrak territory is now 100mph. This is up from the 90 max speed. About time I say!!
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by sammy2009
It's about time. Love riding these things to Trenton that's where the SLV Really show what they are capable of doing. Why couldn't they go this fast prior ?
by Clearfield
sammy2009 wrote:It's about time. Love riding these things to Trenton that's where the SLV Really show what they are capable of doing. Why couldn't they go this fast prior ?The timing may have to do with final acceptance and certification
The cars are capable (and have run at) of 110mph.
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by sammy2009
Clearfield wrote:Got ya. Does AMTRAK have something to do with it because its on their tracks ? or just SEPTA in general. I work at the airport and i take the AIRPORT LINE. The highest i seen the SLV hit was like 77 M.P.H. It was just flying so i can only imagine on the Trenton Line at 100 M.P.H.sammy2009 wrote:It's about time. Love riding these things to Trenton that's where the SLV Really show what they are capable of doing. Why couldn't they go this fast prior ?The timing may have to do with final acceptance and certification
The cars are capable (and have run at) of 110mph.
by Clearfield
sammy2009 wrote:Got ya. Does AMTRAK have something to do with it because its on their tracks ? or just SEPTA in general. I work at the airport and i take the AIRPORT LINE. The highest i seen the SLV hit was like 77 M.P.H. It was just flying so i can only imagine on the Trenton Line at 100 M.P.H.The actual civil speed allowed depends on where you are. The 79mph speed is actually on SEPTA's tracks. Airport line speeds on AMTRAK are very very slow.
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by acelaphillies
I agree it's about time. How will this affect the schedules on the Trenton and Wilmington/Newark Lines?
by sammy2009
Okay, and yeah that 77 m.p.h on the airport line was when the airport line branch off from amtrak...but going on the amtrak side the speeds do tend to be not fast sometimes.
by zebrasepta
acelaphillies wrote:I agree it's about time. How will this affect the schedules on the Trenton and Wilmington/Newark Lines?it probably won't since the majority of the fleet are IV's
by Limited-Clear
The schedules won't change, they still have to consider the IVs as previously stated, even with the new higher top speed you will find a lot of the engineers will deliberately go a little slower so as not to be sitting in a station waiting for time, people naturally start getting antsy when the train hasn't moved for a couple of minutes,
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by acelaphillies
Yes, I was also wondering if the IVs would be the limiting factor in the schedules and then what would happen if the Vs were always arriving early.
What both of you said makes sense and answers those questions.
What both of you said makes sense and answers those questions.
by amtrakhogger
glennk419 wrote:What is the MAS for IV's these days?IIRC, it is 95mph.
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by Limited-Clear
That is correct, it is 95 when they work, so many of them have faults that limit their speed, a lot of the time it is a breaker or relay that trips and limits their speed, it not necessarily due to lack of maintenance, they are just getting old and worn out
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by scotty269
BuddSilverliner269 wrote:Effective next Monday, the maximum allowable speed for the SLV on Amtrak territory is now 100mph. This is up from the 90 max speed. About time I say!!NO BS????!!!
by BuddSilverliner269
I'm sure our lovely moderator Alex may not like this but I am about to brag and will brag for a moment that I broke the speed limit with these cars as I caught the test train the first night of the speed acceptance testing two winters ago where we did 115mph. Oh hey, this was a meaningful thread that wasn't loaded with nonsense that a certain someone tends to post on this forum but doesn't get told to knock it off and that's no BS!!!