Timeline for Why do all high-speed trains run on electric track (as opposed to normal track with diesel-electric trains)?
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| Apr 10, 2017 at 12:34 | comment | added | alephzero | @DrZ214 the mass (or weight) of the train has no effect on the maximum speed, though it does affect the rate of acceleration up to the max speed. Much of the aerodynamic drag is caused by the frontal area of the train (i.e. by the size of the locomotive), not by the length of the train | |
| Apr 2, 2017 at 8:34 | history | edited | Spencer Joplin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 2, 2017 at 7:56 | comment | added | DrZ214 | Thanks. Can you post a source for the 5 to 20 MW for high speed trains? I would have thought a diesel pulling a long freight train could pull maybe 10 passenger cars, which are much more light, at 2x or 3x the speed. | |
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| Apr 2, 2017 at 4:45 | history | answered | Spencer Joplin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |