WhartonAndNorthern wrote: ↑Tue Jun 29, 2021 10:38 amThe new power cars only have one pan each. And both power cars are buss bared together. The entire trainset only needs ONE pan to operate,ApproachMedium wrote: ↑Mon Jun 28, 2021 3:07 pm Just as little tiddys of info here. The new trainsets it has been confirmed that due to the single pan operation, they can now do 165mph with non constant tension wire. So much more of the railroad that currently offers only 135mph max operations can now run close to 160. Single pan ops eliminates the rear panto bounce at higher speeds as well as the rear panto bounce from two trains passing at high speeds.I'm confused... is this after they add fins to the pans? Or are you saying they don't need fins if they run without a "double pantograph order?"
Also the max curve speed for the new set is now 150mph vs 130mph of the old sets. Likely the rollout of these trains will be in current time slots, with trains that see the most ridership.
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