by CLamb
Is there an online source for speed limits of NJT controlled track and equipment?
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MattW wrote: ↑Fri Jan 29, 2021 2:20 pm Have they abandoned the plan to run trains at 125mph on parts of the NEC?I think the ALP-45DPs failed 125 mph qualification testing - just too heavy for decent tracking characteristics I guess. I believe they're still limited to 90 mph - shades of the E60! The first gen 46s are only capable of 100 mph, so only the ALP-46As could do 125. Probably deemed not worth it.
lensovet wrote: ↑Mon Feb 01, 2021 2:20 am the 45's don't really run on any segments of the NEC where 125 is even possible so i'm not sure that's super relevant.I've seen them running NEC locals as straight electrics fairly often. I think they have so many of them (with more on the way for some reason) that there's no way they can use them all for the very limited amount of dual mode service.
On a side note, is there any line operating which requires the dual mode loco's?North Jersey Coast Line is not electrified below Long Branch. One set rides from below there use dual-mode. I don't know how far out the M&E line is electrified beyond Morristown.
R&DB wrote: ↑Mon Feb 01, 2021 5:16 pmWire ends west of Dover station, at the U.S. 46 overpass.On a side note, is there any line operating which requires the dual mode loco's?I don't know how far out the M&E line is electrified beyond Morristown.
lensovet wrote: ↑Mon Feb 01, 2021 2:20 am the 45's don't really run on any segments of the NEC where 125 is even possible.That would only be Trenton-New Brunswick.