@@walloffame8383 If you look at the casting date on the side of the rails there, you can see a lot of them were produced in 1914. My working theory is that the curves are too sharp for higher speeds using rail that is over a hundred years old. I bet those rails started out on the mainline with 80mph limits, and then as they wore down from use were placed into the yards.
That was me operating. The conductor was on the end you see blowing the horn while I was "shoving" from the back of the train. I went about 4mph because the grade there is downhill and I didn't want to speed.
You sure its legal in the States for trains to fly round corners that fast ? Also, whats happened to guy walking out fron with the red flag warning people and stray livestock about a dangerous hi speed approach?
ICW PS4 Wrestling Channel You realize this is a YARD right? The trains are required to move slow, or they can derail. On the main line, the top speed is 80MPH.
Probably until the 2040's, realistically. Of the new $5.7 Billion recently awarded to the LIRR for improvements, some of that will go to new duel mode engines, but there's been zero talk of new coaches for those engines. Considering the Railroad is adding camera's and PTC to the ancient m3 fleet, it's safe to say they have no plans of getting rid of any of their rolling stock throughout the 2020's.
Can't raise speed limits in a place where it's dangerous to raise the speed limit, jackass. You have a grade crossing in the middle of a train yard running through a road right off a major expressway, I'm surprised it even goes that fast tbh.
Which is why they should decide NOT to walk onto the tracks. You know that animals are smarter than people are. Third rail has alwsys been the standard power source for the LIRR...rarely an incident.
My Questions Where is this? Why are the trains so slow? Where are the barriers? Can they go any faster? Why is it single track and then goes into double tracks?
Where: Long Island City, Queens, New York NY, U.S.A Why so slow: The railyard is rated for 5mph only. Where are the barriers: The flashing lights and gate arms are there. You can see them in the video. Can they go faster: Not without derailing over the switches. Why single to multiple track: almost every end terminal on this railroad ends with single track. (Hempstead, Port Jefferson, Port Washington, Long Beach, Oyster Bay, The Mainline, Montauk, West Hempstead, and Far Rockaway to name them) - It's just the theme of this railroad.
Monika JR it’s called yard limits. There are many workers out in the track and many switches. If the train where to go any faster it could derail or hit track workers.
This "action" is so slow, even setting the Playback to 2x, the train is slow... and the expressway traffic flows at a speed nearly approaching comfortable. THAT'S slow.
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