Here's a bilevel train that's good for 186 mph! I wonder if it would meet NYP clearance requirements. Too bad NJ Transit didn't order some of these! :D
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=65630
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DutchRailnut wrote:So if a person in wheel chair gets on at lower level how is he getting off at high level ?? hop up those stairs?? plus you would end up having two vestibule areas one of which would be in middle of seat area.You're right about that. I guess that just proves that the design they went with is a good one.
hsr_fan wrote:Here's a bilevel train that's good for 186 mph! I wonder if it would meet NYP clearance requirements. Too bad NJ Transit didn't order some of these! :D.... And also 17tonne axle load to boot, and does not meet FRA buff strength requirements. Can't be used in the US of A given FRA regs, so furget it for NJT or any other RR here
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=65630
hsr_fan wrote:Here's a bilevel train that's good for 186 mph! I wonder if it would meet NYP clearance requirements. Too bad NJ Transit didn't order some of these! :DI rode that train! They are really quiet and comfortable inside. And fast.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=65630
Can't be used in the US of A given FRA regsThose regulations haven't been scientifically proven. Not to mention what with automatic train stop systems, the buff strength requirements are superfluous. Not that the TGV Duplex runs at 186 mph outside of the LGVs (they don't) but they do operate at established track speeds on traditional rails (usually 138 mph).
DutchRailnut wrote:Yup and all derailments were on perfectly straight rail with a 10' wide sixfoot.Point well taken....
Try derailing one on NEC would be catastropic with its curvature.
Jtgshu wrote:The first curve (going west) is 80mph, the next is 90, the last is 100.....Well, I was showing 97 mph just as we passed the interlocking and Edison station, and I'm pretty sure that's the 80 mph part for other trains.
I think its the same speeds for the Acela as other passegner equipment through those curves, but im not absolutely positive.