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No, 11F

FTW is Fort Worth

@ i dont see fort worth here

You can see Fort Worth in part 2 of the train trip. th-cam.com/video/4MklIelXtWI/w-d-xo.html

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Should be 39 at the end not 93, fixed it in the description

To address your first point: it’s really slow in the beginning due to the track geometry and the signaling system. The tracks from downtown to Plaza Saltillo (and all the way to MLK, to a lesser extent) are quite curvy and there are a lot of pedestrian and road crossings, all of which limit the safe speed of trains to about 20mph. In addition, the PTC signaling system restricts trains to 10mph near Downtown station due to the number of switches and sharp curves that trains might have to negotiate to enter or leave the station, so the speed starts out at 10mph leaving Downtown station and then jumps up to 20mph once the train is clear of the switches. They can’t really increase train speeds in this area without risking knocking over standing passengers in the train. It’s very common for commuter rail systems to start off at very slow speeds near their big terminus stations with lots of switches. To your second point, speed between suburban stations is also largely limited by track geometry. The Red Line was built on existing freight rail tracks which weren’t exactly designed for high-speed passenger operations. Thus, these tracks have some sharper curves and less tilt on said curves than passenger rail tracks might, so trains can’t safely navigate most of the line at speeds higher than 40 or 50 mph. The exception is on the final stretch between Cedar Park and Leander, where the perfectly-straight track could theoretically handle speeds closer to 80 mph. CapMetro originally planned to run trains at 75 mph in this area, but because the Red Line uses lightweight European DMUs, the FRA restricted their speed to 60 mph for safety reasons. This is the fastest that Red Line trains can run, unfortunately. Does all that make sense? Essentially, train speeds are mostly limited by track geometry due to the fact that the tracks weren’t purpose-built for passenger rail operations.

Not sure

August 2nd

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Not sure, the railroad controls where it goes

Yes, normally runs with just 1 car

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Not for streetcars, top speed is around 25

Yeah flew around mass storm complex over Dallas

eh?

Terminal B maybe 5 min walk, terminal A probably close to 20

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Your welcome, glad I could help

Good morning

Yes I could have, didn't think about it at the time

I know what you’re saying and I am mad and jealous that brightline is going to make an electric train from Las Vegas to somewhere in California with a top speed of 220 miles per hour. So I hope brightline will invest more in Florida, and convert that train to to electric while adding railroads across Florida to have a really good public transportation alternatives to planes.

Thank you, glad you enjoy them!

Yeah it's a pretty popular train

Will be released later this year

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March

Between Southwest, United and Avelo, there are still over 400 737-700s flying just in the US, with plenty more all over the globe.

you might be thinking of the 400s

It's sad to see how much it has receded

@@_planesandtrains_ much like my hairline.