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Posted by nasadowsk on Sun Nov 26 20:18:17 2006, in response to Re: Wheel Axels, posted by WillD on Sun Nov 26 17:57:50 2006. Pardon? I haven't heard of any 'disasterous' Talgo derailments outside of one in Cartuja, Spain and a fairly minor one involving the Amtrak Cascade Talgos at Portland caused by a faulty switch.There haven't been any. DRN's blowing smoke out his ass, as usual. The simple fact is there's nothing wrong with independent wheels, and the design issues are well known and manageable (and not unique to Talgos anyway). The Talgos have them, most low floor equipment has them, and they've been around for years. On top of which, the Talgo design is claimed to be free from the hunting motions that plague other designs, and truck hunting is very dangerous at high speeds. If they were dangerous, it'd have appeared decades ago. On top of the above, the design also means much shorter axles, which has advantages too, plus you have two bearings carrying each wheel's load. Maintenance? They're famous for availability. The biggest 'problem' people have with Talos is they don't look like a normal train. Big whoop. |
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