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DutchRailnut wrote:you mean the Harley doing 125I'm sure it's possible if dropped off the edge of Grand Canyon
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DutchRailnut wrote:you mean the Harley doing 125I'm sure it's possible if dropped off the edge of Grand Canyon
DutchRailnut wrote:you mean the Harley doing 125Yeah, I don't know how that's possible either (honest, officer!). Anyway, I was chasing stability issues above 90 until I did the motor mounts last year, now it's rock solid again.
DutchRailnut wrote:ok here we go.
ApproachMedium wrote:LOL air suspension. Nothing we have ever had, has had air suspension. The acela seats have some kind of spring in them which helps, but when they bottom out it also helps jam your knee right into the exposed metal bottom of the brake lever. What a load of garbage.It's hard to express how disappointing it was to read this. Even the MRAPs I drove in the military (training only!) had air suspension seats. They were at most a tenth of the cost of an ACS-64 and were little more than a conventional dump truck chassis with an armored body attached.
AEM-7 seats had no air or springs but the cushion was very thick and absorbed a lot of impact.
8th Notch wrote:The seats could be be better however I’ll take them over the horrid Cab signals/ACSES audible alarms. Part of the problem with things like these are the Unions put up no fight!Dont worry the new beepers are so quiet you cant even hear your overspeed penalty!
ExCon90 wrote:The result was that a train on the former NYC had to have an engine with an "agreement seat" in the lead, but on the former PRR an engine with cab signals had to lead.My God no wonder they went bankrupt ...
gokeefe wrote:From what I understand after reading quite a few books, there were perhaps 100 similar anecdotes of "you can't make this up" caliber that sunk the company. It really leads you to question the mindset of Saunders and Perlman. Saunders knew he was on a sinking ship so perhaps he figured it was a gamble worth taking. NYC was in far better shape, so why were they compelled to merge with PRR?ExCon90 wrote:The result was that a train on the former NYC had to have an engine with an "agreement seat" in the lead, but on the former PRR an engine with cab signals had to lead.My God no wonder they went bankrupt ...
ApproachMedium wrote:I take it crews aren't allowed to bring cushions from home, as McGuyver fix?8th Notch wrote:The seats could be be better however I’ll take them over the horrid Cab signals/ACSES audible alarms. Part of the problem with things like these are the Unions put up no fight!Dont worry the new beepers are so quiet you cant even hear your overspeed penalty!
And the ACS seat is comfortable, if you arent moving. So it looks good to people and execs and union reps sitting in it stationary at the moch up i the factory.