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To: jacquej

How long for that train to go from 50mph to 106mph?


20 posted on 05/16/2015 4:09:12 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: EEGator

Less than a minute.


44 posted on 05/16/2015 4:40:16 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: EEGator

Under a minute. Loco has 8600 peak hp.


47 posted on 05/16/2015 4:44:03 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: EEGator

If I remember right, it was under a minute. The NTSB gave the speed increase in three batches of seconds.


57 posted on 05/16/2015 5:12:31 PM PDT by jacquej ("You cannot have a conservative government with a liberal culture." (Mark Steyn))
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