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Re: Village Voice Article Explains: The Trains Are Slower Because They Slowed the Trains Down |
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Posted by Jersey Mike on Wed Mar 14 08:54:25 2018, in response to Re: Village Voice Article Explains: The Trains Are Slower Because They Slowed the Trains Down, posted by Stephen Bauman on Tue Mar 13 17:21:19 2018. The braking rate was reduced because BIE events (often caused by trolls pulling the emergency cords in the cars) would cause injuries amoung standing passengers. While the cord pulling is not longer the scourge it once was, any emergency application (trip stop, etc) would still cause passenger injuries.The mechanism of the emergency braking rate reduction was replacement of cast iron shoes with composite shoes. I believe this also reduced dust contamination in the system. |
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