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Posted by f179dj on Sat Nov 7 14:50:30 2009, in response to Re: Some questions about the L, posted by G1Ravage on Sat Nov 7 00:22:41 2009. Funny story, in a way.The Speed Policy Task Force (on which I represented RTO) was doing field testing in the early '90's to see where the speed limits in the under-river tubes could be increased from the then 35 mph limit. This entailed hooking down the timers and running full tilt through the tube in both directions (under a G.O. and we had the tube to ourselves, natch). Talk about ramming through the switch. We hit First Avenue Interlocking southbound at full speed. This was our first, and only, as it turned out, run of the night. The train went into emergency and slid close to 1,000 feet (we were clear of the home ball for the reverse move when we finally stopped). The RCI on board went back to check and found the blocks in the switch points shattered (switch had been blocked and clamped for another reason, not our test). Apparently we had derailed, landed on the blocks, and rerailed. The train proceeded to Grand Central, the Committee caucused in the last car and unanimously agreed not to do anymore speed testing in the Steinway tube. Hence the slow speed (35mph) remains, unlike in 60th Street or 53rd Street tubes, to mention a couple. |
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