Lateral forces and wear
Apr 19, 2019 11:46:49 GMT
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Post by class411 on Apr 19, 2019 11:46:49 GMT
I was in Morrocco last week
Caught a train to Casablanca going south
It was a non smoker
It was hard to tell what speed we were doing at the time, because it was in a very open landscape at the time, but I suspect we were doing at least 100 mph.
I noticed, looking out of the window, that there were quite frequent S and double S bends in the track, and these seemed far sharper than anything I've encountered anywhere else in the world for the speed we were going.
The lateral forces were very noticeable - if you sat up so that your back was not supported you would be pulled quite strongly from side to side.
Would this not cause the track to wear rather rapidly?
Does anyone know of any other countries that run trains at high speed over tightish bends in this way?
I have definitely read that the Central Line suffers accelerate track wear in sections where it has very tight bends because of the historical requirement to follow roads.
Caught a train to Casablanca going south
It was a non smoker
It was hard to tell what speed we were doing at the time, because it was in a very open landscape at the time, but I suspect we were doing at least 100 mph.
I noticed, looking out of the window, that there were quite frequent S and double S bends in the track, and these seemed far sharper than anything I've encountered anywhere else in the world for the speed we were going.
The lateral forces were very noticeable - if you sat up so that your back was not supported you would be pulled quite strongly from side to side.
Would this not cause the track to wear rather rapidly?
Does anyone know of any other countries that run trains at high speed over tightish bends in this way?
I have definitely read that the Central Line suffers accelerate track wear in sections where it has very tight bends because of the historical requirement to follow roads.
