02-26-2019, 06:24 PM
FWIW, the segment I'm looking at is essentially Seattle to San Francisco. 13hr drive, 27hr train ride, 2.5hr flight.
IIRC, the train was doing 90 and that curve was rated 60. Even with that curve where it was supposed to slow down, that's still nearly double the average that I'm looking at. But if they're doing 10mph up hills, yeah, that will slow it down.
Filliam H. Muffman wrote: The curves are too tight (train derailed in DuPont because it was going too fast) and are in terrible shape.
IIRC, the train was doing 90 and that curve was rated 60. Even with that curve where it was supposed to slow down, that's still nearly double the average that I'm looking at. But if they're doing 10mph up hills, yeah, that will slow it down.