speed

[Anonymous]

The top speed of a Dash 9 is 74 MPH

[ddechamp71]

QUOTE:

As far as speed, I was told once on this forum the the Big Boy could pull a 7 mile long train up Sherman Hill…at 80 MPH none the less. Let’s see that whimpy TGV do something like that!!![swg]

Although I’m far more sensitive to Big Boys than to TGVs and other fu&@in electric powered passenger trains that rule europeean railroads, what I heard (Pentrex videos) is the following: a Big Boy was able to pull 5 miles of cars on LEVEL and SRAIGHT track.

So I doubt it was the case at Sherman Hill…Furthermore at 80mph![;)]

Dominique

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by tree68

Depends on the train. I’m sure others will chime in with more specifics.

High speed rail (ICE, Bullet Trains) are well into triple digits.

Amtrak NE corridor has stretches over 100 mph. Otherwise figure 79 mph.

Your average freight mainline loco is around capable of around 70-75.

That’s what the motive power is potentially capable of. But the speed of the train is governed by the track…

depends on the train :
average in the US is 70-75mph
in Europe its probaly 180-210km/h----trains over there are made for speed
it also depends on the track —US has horrible track conditions vs.europe because over there it is the main transportation [:)]

[GP40-2]

QUOTE: Originally posted by David_Telesha

QUOTE: What??? Why check your fiqures. After all, this is railfaning we are talking about. If you expected posters to both historically AND scientifically correct all the time, we would be down to 2 or 3 posts per day

How about just good, plain ole’ correct info then? If you’re idea of “railfannning” is blathering any old answer, right or not, then I no longer wonder why people have a low opinion of us.[V][:(!]

And that is pure non-sense about a 7-mile train. 7 miles @ 5280ft each, divided by 40 would be 924 40’ cars from the period. That is beyond un-real.

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QUOTE: Originally posted by ddechamp71

QUOTE:

As far as speed, I was told once on this forum the the Big Boy could pull a 7 mile long train up Sherman Hill…at 80 MPH none the less. Let’s see that whimpy TGV do something like that!!![swg]

Although I’m far more sensitive to Big Boys than to TGVs and other fu&@in electric powered passenger trains that rule europeean railroads, what I heard (Pentrex videos) is the following: a Big Boy was able to pull 5 miles of cars on LEVEL and SRAIGHT track.

So I doubt it was the case at Sherman Hill…Furthermore at 80mph![;)]

Dominique

You two need to chill out.

It’s called sarcasm![:D]

Usually I’m the one who is scolding posters for the “information” they post here.