Intermediate services--rapid, express, etc--can be a little more gentle with acceleration, need a higher top speed, for more cruising time.
It looks like the fastest are the Electrostars (110mph), but no info yet on acceleration--the forthcoming Aventras will do 2.2mph/s
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OK here's the stats for the class 365. Not as good as I thought, but then they don't have IGBT variable-speed drives like later buildspic.twitter.com/YIThWIJp08
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great find, though--is there a database online where I could look up more like this?
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also they have the best acceleration sound of any electric trainhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6Ta4seRYu8 …
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VERY nice! VVVF!
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The Keikyu 2100 that I mentioned in the original thread is tuned to sound like a scale:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD8nFeLUN3Q …
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although I gather it's a fairly common feature for Keikyu trains:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSVW_4KiM30 …
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Makes sense if it is built by Siemens- there are also scales on their Taurus electric locomotives in Germanyhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TDAut8Tlf7w …
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How come Britain only gets the shite Siemens stuff and not the good ones?
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They are heavier than the class 365s. also the same types do Cambridge non-stop services so probably not optimised for acceleration
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