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Posted by steamdriven on Mon Nov 24 14:43:59 2025, in response to Re: Why Do I Call It Bullshit?, posted by Stephen Bauman on Mon Nov 24 07:08:55 2025. " 1.6 mph/sec" ... emergency brakingThat's just sad. They could have found that with less than an hour of testing per train - much less. Even 3.0 is sad, PCCs did better than twice that. At least make it 4.0, a touch greater than full normal. Having been on them when they used the track brake, I can say the PCC and LRV track braking was not too much if you pay attention when the buzzer sounds (there was a buzzer that sounded when extra super stop this thing was activated). If you were standing with knees locked and earbuds on Smooth Jazz, you might topple... which is a lesson one needs to learn at some point anyways. The Boeing LRVs brakes were noticeably better than PCCs. The one time I felt them it was more like being in a car as if slowing for a red light when you thought you'd make it through the yellow. Well less than the full grip of rubber on pavement, but impressive for steel on steel. I wonder if the track brakes had some sort of friction material. |
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