TexRail's Stadler FLIRT DMU trains at DFW [4K] 

We've gut so many operators which use FLIRT 3 than just ERB and WFB...

@@j03l911 yeah that's right-

We can dream from Stadler flirt in East Germany

Didn't manage to take this train during my time in Germany but those double decker Bombardiers were nice. Wish my place had some of these trains

​@@sandraschwarz666 We got those great FLIRTS in mazovia

Nice. Always enjoyed seeing the trains in SoCal at Cajon and Tehachapi. We'll be getting more of these here in the Dallas area in bright yellow when Dart starts picking them up to run alongside Texrail on the new cotton belt line. Thanks for stopping by.

And electric kiss trains on the peninsula corridor

Thank you. Working on a new one :-)

For a long time, small efficient European trains were not permitted on mainline railways in the U.S. because of the way the safety regulations were written. Finally the U.S. and Canada are updating their safety regulations to permit efficient (and safe!) European DMUs and EMUs to operate in North America.

@@OntarioTrafficMan can you please describe it further? Difference and so on.

@@Neuzahnstein Absolutely! In 2016, the American Federal Railway Administration (FRA) produced an important paper which described the advantages and disadvantages of the traditional American crash-safety regulations compared to the corresponding European ones, and proposed changes to American regulations which would make them much more similar to European regulations: railroads.dot.gov/elibrary/passenger-equipment-safety-standards-standards-alternative-compliance-and-high-speed#p1_z5_gD It's pretty long so I'll just summarize the key points: The traditional American way of evaluating crashworthiness was based on "buff strength", and had remained largely unchanged since 1945, ignoring decades of research and development in vehicle safety. Train cars needed to be able to withstand 800000 pounds of force on the coupers without deforming (See page 39). This was quite easy to test, and easy to design for, but it meant that trains were necessarily bulky. One popular description of this type of train design is "a bank vault on wheels". Standard European designs generally couldn't be used in the U.S. since they wouldn't have been designed to meet this particular requirement. In contrast, European regulations are based more on more directly-relevant metrics such as g-forces during a crash, protection of the seating areas etc. So instead of just focusing on the general strength of the vehicle as a whole, European design has made extensive use of Crash Energy Management (a.k.a. crumple zones) to help dissipate the energy of a crash by deforming areas of the car where there aren't people. The result is that European trains tend to be lighter than American trains, while still being just as safe (or indeed safer). In November 2018, the FRA requirements were officially amended with the regulation called "Passenger Equipment Safety Standards; Standards for Alternative Compliance and High-Speed Trainsets": www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/11/21/2018-25020/passenger-equipment-safety-standards-standards-for-alternative-compliance-and-high-speed-trainsets The new regulations generally accept European standards for crash safety for "Tier I" trains (trains travelling less than 125 mph / 200 km/h), with only some relatively minor modifications.

@@OntarioTrafficMan thanks and interesting

Very interesting. Thank you!

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it! More to come.

Thank you! Glad you liked it and thanks for commenting!

Gracias!

Thank you 👍

Thanks!

Now add Canada to the list with Ottawa's Line 2

They are slowly gaining attention. COVID has not helped.

Just to confuse people :-D ... just kidding. I was doing photography of both planes and trains and was tracking something in the sky! Thanks for stopping by and for the note!

Diesel. There is an onboard diesel engine in the 3rd car (one with no windows).

It's actually a DEMU. Officially a Diesel Electric Low-floor Multiple Unit... Might explain a few things :-) www.stadlerrail.com/media/pdf/flirt_texrail_en.pdf Thanks for stopping by!

The short center unit of each teain set contains the diesel engines and alterators to provide the power for the electric motors.

@@marka5478 are the electric motors distributed or only in center unit?

@@UltimateAlgorithm only in the center

@@StefanWithTrains3222 Not quite: the generators are only in the center "power pack" unit, the electrical motors however are located in a few of the bogies (mainly in the front and in the back of the train).

Diesel DMU,

cakep ya bro.

DEMU Stadler ini, yg lagi kerjasama bareng INKA bikin pabrik di Banyuwangi.

No standard gauge 1435mm

@@StefanWithTrains3222 OK. Thank you ..

Meglepett, hogy amerikában Flirt-et látok.

Alle treinen in nederland delen bijna alle sporen met elkaar

I believe that's the generator car.

@@JoshRawlin Some type of engine ?

That’s the power pack

@@NorthernMetro Thats an interesting placement for a engine

@@drvman It enables the train to be converted to an electric train if needed. Remove the diesel power pack, replace it with an electric power pack.

It appears they’re diesel trains. No idea why TexRail would go non-electric.

That's because they are diesel electric. The engine is electric and diesel is used to produce electricity.

@@bradleym3240 Seems kinda pointless to have diesel and electric on the same DMU. I wonder how much extra it would have cost to electrify the tracks and build catenary.

@@hcs4life21 only about 1.75 million per mile so not that mich in comparison with other projects

@@hcs4life21 It's a well proven system: the electrical motors are located in some of the bogies. Instead of a mechanical transmission, these motors are powered by centrally located diesel generators in the "power pack" in the middle of the train. With some diesel electrical models, like the ones produced for Wales, the breaking energy can be recuperated and stored in battery packs. Diesel Electrical units tend to accelerate faster and still be more economical than traditional diesel locomotives.

... and the horn!

@@JoshRawlin Nah, not the horn, I like the horn

Yes the horn

Why are you Americans so obsessed with horns and bells? Just be happy you got some nice European quality trains.

This is March of last year, right when the pandemic started

Yeah

That's not the Chile flag, though it looks similar to it.

That’s the Texas flag! They’re very similar.

Not a fast train, but it is nice!

It's a modern electric train with an optional diesel generator car.