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The measurement trains drive slowly in the night.
by 1718627440 9mo ago
The measurement trains drive slowly in the night.
- Azrael3000 9mo agoNot necessarily, the measurement train my company develops can go up to 100 km/h and measure certain rail features every 5mm at that speed.
- lefra 9mo ago100 km/h is slow compared to passenger train (even non-high-speed ones). Depending on how packed the schedule is, it might not be possible to analyse track during the day without causing backups.
- mkl 9mo agoThey can go at high speed: Germany: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAILab https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAILab Japan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Yellow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Yellow France: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNCF_TGV_Iris_320 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNCF_TGV_Iris_320 China: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_railways_CIT_trains https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_railways_CIT_trains UK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Measurement_Train https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Measurement_Train
- mitthrowaway2 9mo agoIndeed! > Line inspection is carried out at full speed, up to 270 km/h or 168 mph on the Tōkaidō Shinkansen and 285 km/h or 177 mph on the Sanyō Shinkansen
- N19PEDL2 9mo agoItaly: https://decode39.com/3045/diamond-fs-diagnostics-train-luigi-ferraris/ https://decode39.com/3045/diamond-fs-diagnostics-train-luigi...