real life acceleration...

Started by matt-b, December 05, 2011, 09:19:08 PM

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matt-b

December 05, 2011, 09:19:08 PM
was on a virgin voyager from crewe to chester friday... was really suprized and impressed by the acceleration, gone are the days a 47 has it give it everythink with only 7 coaches behind it... so are the voyagers the quickest out there?

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Chris

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December 05, 2011, 09:31:34 PM
They should be with 5 engines!

EtchedPixels

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December 05, 2011, 11:07:22 PM
Quote from: matt-b on December 05, 2011, 09:19:08 PM
was on a virgin voyager from crewe to chester friday... was really suprized and impressed by the acceleration, gone are the days a 47 has it give it everythink with only 7 coaches behind it... so are the voyagers the quickest out there?

All the newer units accelerate a lot faster, and generally have a much higher power to weight ratio. The winners on that figure and thus in general acceleration are the EMU units though, some of them can really shift.
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poliss

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December 06, 2011, 05:02:02 PM
I prefer comfy seats and wondows that you can see out of to acceleration.
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