rwCapt
New Member
Hello folks,
I'm Michael from Germany and I am about to become a train operator of passenger trains soon. I've been driving freight trains for nearly a year. I found out that there is a great difference between heavy freight trains and light passenger trains (I always knew these differences but I didn't think about it). The passenger train I will drive soon is the Stadler Flirt 3. The great difference is braking these kind of trains. If the weather and rail conditions are good, the most passenger trains will brake much better than any freight train. However, when leaves fall, the exact opposite can be true. Then, 20 kph could already be too fast when you reach the beginning of a platform where you want to stop.
I thought about trains that are driven by ATO. Like the 1996TS. Will the ATO adjust its braking curves when it detects sliding wheels? Of course, the sliding protection will prevent damage to the wheels first. Probably sand is sprinkled in front of the wheels automatically. But then ATO should probably adjust its curves. In some videos you can hear the 96TS arriving the stopping point at a lower speed, mostly at above-ground stations. The PMW-sound reveals it.
I'm Michael from Germany and I am about to become a train operator of passenger trains soon. I've been driving freight trains for nearly a year. I found out that there is a great difference between heavy freight trains and light passenger trains (I always knew these differences but I didn't think about it). The passenger train I will drive soon is the Stadler Flirt 3. The great difference is braking these kind of trains. If the weather and rail conditions are good, the most passenger trains will brake much better than any freight train. However, when leaves fall, the exact opposite can be true. Then, 20 kph could already be too fast when you reach the beginning of a platform where you want to stop.
I thought about trains that are driven by ATO. Like the 1996TS. Will the ATO adjust its braking curves when it detects sliding wheels? Of course, the sliding protection will prevent damage to the wheels first. Probably sand is sprinkled in front of the wheels automatically. But then ATO should probably adjust its curves. In some videos you can hear the 96TS arriving the stopping point at a lower speed, mostly at above-ground stations. The PMW-sound reveals it.
