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Re: Remember Superelevated Track?
Author: David Smith
Date: 07-30-2011 - 12:09

Superelevation - great for TOFC/COFC/passenger trains, not so great for grain trains slogging uphill.

The solution - either (A) reduce the superelevation and just lower speed limits around curves, or (B) build dual curvature tracks with the fast trains directed to the superelevation and the slow trains to the flatter curvature.

Obviously, option (A) was less expensive than option (B).

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Subject Written By Date/Time (PST)
  Remember Superelevated Track? Marty Bernard 07-30-2011 - 08:07
  Re: Remember Superelevated Track? David Smith 07-30-2011 - 12:09
  Re: Remember Superelevated Track? Swen 07-30-2011 - 16:32
  Re: Remember Superelevated Track? Marty Bernard 07-30-2011 - 18:41
  Re: Remember Superelevated Track? Graham Buxton 07-30-2011 - 19:01
  Re: Remember Superelevated Track? Mike Swanson 07-30-2011 - 19:40
  Re: Remember Superelevated Track? Marty Bernard 07-31-2011 - 05:54
  Re: Remember Superelevated Track? ex BN 07-31-2011 - 11:15
  Re: Remember Superelevated Track? m 08-01-2011 - 09:29
  Thoughts about superelavation d 08-01-2011 - 09:54
  Re: Thoughts about superelavation Marty Bernard 08-01-2011 - 21:22


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