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Community => Transit => Topic started by: Fan Railer on July 08, 2012, 04:11:35 am

Title: Ever Wanted to See How Fast BART can Really Accelerate?
Post by: Fan Railer on July 08, 2012, 04:11:35 am

Well, now you can! Here it is; a largely uninterrupted clip of the speedometer as this BART train accelerates incrementally to its top operating speed. Enjoy:
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Train Accelerating to 67 MPH (80 MPH Command Speed) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-XrD06bCgY#)
This video can also be used to program sounds for any future rolling stock for OpenBVE that uses similar architecture as this BART train ;)

Title: Re: Ever Wanted to See How Fast BART can Really Accelerate?
Post by: error46146 on July 08, 2012, 03:43:43 pm

Nice video.. Is the train ATO?

Title: Re: Ever Wanted to See How Fast BART can Really Accelerate?
Post by: Fan Railer on July 09, 2012, 09:33:17 am

Quote from: error46146 on July 08, 2012, 03:43:43 pm

Nice video.. Is the train ATO?

yep. manual operation on BART is limited to 25 mph.

Title: Re: Ever Wanted to See How Fast BART can Really Accelerate?
Post by: bve on July 10, 2012, 04:41:52 pm

Quote from: Fan Railer on July 09, 2012, 09:33:17 am

yep. manual operation on BART is limited to 25 mph.

Wow. That's a low top speed for manual operation.

Title: Re: Ever Wanted to See How Fast BART can Really Accelerate?
Post by: Dj Hammers on July 10, 2012, 05:25:59 pm

If I remember correctly, the reason for this low top speed for manual operation is the long spacing
between fixed signal blocks on BART. When running in auto-mode, these fixed blocks are not needed for train safety.