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Posted by Train Dude on Mon Apr 24 11:29:57 2006, in response to Re: The LIRR President Speaks, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Apr 24 10:05:43 2006. LIRR MAS is 80 MPH in many places - but lower in some. On the Babylon Branch for example, there is only a 2 minute run from Massapequa to Massapequa Park so the train will never achieve MAS.Crush loads are not as common on the LIRR as, say, on NYCT but they do happen. All that being said, the rates of accelleration & decelleration and loads are all built into the cars and should not significantly relate to a car's life expectancy. What I believe are the 2 greatest factors in the longevity of a railcar are the external factors of it's operation such as weather, track configuration and condition on which it runs, and the frequency and quality of it's maintenance programs. |
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