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Fort Erie, ON
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Re: [Serious] VIA Train Derailment at Burlington said by DKS:The VIA station is at Aldershot Rd. The distance from Aldershot Rd. to King Rd is 2.4 km. It's been a while since I've taken that train but if I remember you're already at full speed by the time you get to the QEW, which is right in that same area. |
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 DKSDamn Kidney StonesPremium,ExMod 2002
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Owen Sound, ON
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| said by Gone:said by DKS:The VIA station is at Aldershot Rd. The distance from Aldershot Rd. to King Rd is 2.4 km. It's been a while since I've taken that train but if I remember you're already at full speed by the time you get to the QEW, which is right in that same area. The QEW is about a km. east of the accident site., so the train might have been approaching top speed. And remember, 5 coaches for an FP40 is nothing.
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 ArthurSWatch Those Blinking LightsPremium
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said by Gone:said by DKS:The VIA station is at Aldershot Rd. The distance from Aldershot Rd. to King Rd is 2.4 km. It's been a while since I've taken that train but if I remember you're already at full speed by the time you get to the QEW, which is right in that same area. I'd say full speed is attained by the time you get to Burlington GO station. The accident happened in the block between King Rd and the QEW, a point at which the train is moving at a pretty good speed already, but certainly not full speed quite yet. |
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| said by ArthurS:I'd say full speed is attained by the time you get to Burlington GO station. The accident happened in the block between King Rd and the QEW, a point at which the train is moving at a pretty good speed already, but certainly not full speed quite yet. You're still going faster through that section than you are through Niagara, though I will admit it might not yet be 120+
These trains accelerate a lot faster than one would think, though. We're talking a few seconds before the world is whizzing by you at a blur. A few passenger cars being hauled by a locomotive allows for some impressive acceleration that would would not typically associate with a train. |
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