Re: [NSW] Who's got the worst trains

["Jonathan Boles" <mousewithglasses@NO.CANNED.HAM.hotmail.com>]

Interesting.

The Railway Rasputin II <bob@fastlink.com.au> wrote in article
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> Ok
> R S and L sets are basicly the bench mark.
> They are the best to control if you know how to notch up. They arn't
> the  fastest but they are easy to fix under the KISS theroy. Brakes,
> when working well, like the speed, are not the fastest but give the best
> braking ie smooth, and are predictiable. A happy sort of train.
> 
> K sets.
> You have the same motors as the S sets (or similar) but the train is
> heavier as it is longer than the S sets and has A/c units, Motor
> alternators etc so the slower it is compared to S sets. The brakes take
> longer to apply and as a result hare harder to predict. (apparantly
> there is some mod being done to the brakes for faster application) 
> 
> C sets
> Have the same motor altenator, a/c etc set up as K sets but have more
> powerful traction motord so the get up and go well. 
> Choppers sets are totaly different to what they were when they first
> came out as they were a "prototype" of the Tangaras and a lot of the
> fetures have been disconnected/taken out. Origionaly they had the same
> power up/ master controller properties as the Tangara but in the same
> format as the S and K sets. Ie they could power up and drop back as a
> Tangara but are now fitted with the same "notch up" set up as the S, K
> sets.
> These were the first sets to have electric (regen) braking. This
> breaking is rough and unpredictiable at the end when the regen drops out
> and the E.P kicks in. (I won't use the technical version) 
> As one driver said when asked if he liked them:
> "Well they don't work well in the dry and they are no good in the wet.
> they have problems in the night and as well as in the day. they are
> useless going up hill and a pain in the arse going down."
> 
> T sets.
> 
> Good/hard braking and power up.
> You as a driver have no control. 
> The computer thinks it has and often cocks it up. Ie in the wet. You
> can't notch up so if you move to the next power notch and it is to
> powerfull you slip and carry on whilst the computer tries to sought it
> out.
> Regen braking often cuts outwith out E.P kicking in so you get a lurch
> which can often make you over shoot.
> 
> 
> G sets
> T sets with a shit house. 
> Yes that word has to be used
> 
> 
> If you want I can go into it more but you should get the general idea.
> 
> Long Live the S sets!
> 
> rgds
>  
> Jonathan Boles wrote:
> > 
> > Is there a difference? What kind of differences are there between handling
of
> > R/S sets, K/C sets, V sets, and T/G sets?
> > 
> > > Jonathan Boles wrote:
> > >
> > > > But so will a/c K sets. and a/c K sets are heaps better!
> > >
> > > I disagree.  S sets are far superior to K sets when it comes to handling.
> > The
> > > sooner they are Air Conditioned the better!
>