0 to 60! Just how nimble are today’s locos and units, and what’s the quickest off the mark?
Dec 15, 2020
2 minutes
Keith Partlow
WITH 7000hp installed for a tare weight of just 375tonnes, one would expect a modern Stadler ‘Flirt’ unit to give a 32-year-old Class 90 with its DVT and Mk.3 coaches a head start and still win by a comfortable margin. But covering 0-60mph in less than half the time, that was unexpected!
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