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Re: Speed surges
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lugnet.trains
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Sun, 20 Feb 2000 02:51:30 GMT
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lpieniazek@novera!saynotospam!.com
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Ben Fleskes wrote:
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> I've noticed this as well. At the GATS show today, I asked others to observe
> it just to make sure it isn't just me. I notice it mostly when the train goes
> through an s-curve. The front of the train doesn't surge, but the back does.
Well, my trains are usually long enough and massive enough that I see
effects on the locomotives. You can hear the motors suddenly starting to
work harder as they come into a curve, and surge forward as they come
out of it. (the momentum of the cars several cars back pushes them
forward, I suspect...)
Another thing that seems to make it more pronounced is if you have power
at both ends... Nik's Shinkasen which has 2 powered end units and 3
center units (the center units are built on 4561 drop center bases,
which gives you a wheelbase idea) surges pretty badly.
Glad it's not just me.
--
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| I've noticed this as well. At the GATS show today, I asked others to observe it just to make sure it isn't just me. I notice it mostly when the train goes through an s-curve. The front of the train doesn't surge, but the back does. I think Larry is (...) (25 years ago, 20-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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