shimakaze, hibiki, nagato, verniy, gangut, and 1 more (kantai collection and 2 more) drawn by ido_(teketeke)

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    Siberian Express

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    A Lurker
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    Paracite said:

    Probably just the whole Trans-siberian, but with a continuation to France rather than stopping.

    I imagine they sailed to Vladivostok, to board the train.

    (That is, if Vladivostok even has a connection to the Trans Siberian Railway. I’m no expert on train lines.)

    Edit: Look on the bright side Nagato, the high speed will discourage Bismarck from jumping off to get away from Ark Royal.

    Edit Edit: Is that train also pulling the German girl’s Schwerer Gustav?

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    A_Lurker said:

    Edit Edit: Is that train also pulling the German girl’s Schwerer Gustav?

    If so, it would be in separate loads, which (normally)would take 5 trains. It then will be assembled on two parallel tracks, taking additional 4 trains for building material and equipment, two weeks time for the tracks and 56 hours for the final assembly of the gun.

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    • SentinelNikolaev
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    A_Lurker said:

    (That is, if Vladivostok even has a connection to the Trans Siberian Railway. I’m no expert on train lines.)

    Trans-Siberian had been built specifically to connect the Central (i.e. European) Russia to Vladivostok.

    ithekro said:

    More like "When this train hits 88 mph...you're going to see some serious shit".
    (Note that the current train has a maximum operational speed of 62 mph)

    Trans-Siberian is electrified in different current types, so they have to change the locomotive at least in Mariinsk (see map), but judging by current 1/2 and 99/100 trains' route, they will go via Ekaterinburg, so it goes up to 11 (no shit joke, it takes around 11 locomotive changes (and usually, even more!) on this route due to Russian railroad regulations).
    And during the changes, something quite modern which can make up to 140 or even 160 kph (87 and 100 mph respectively) may be coupled in.
    The other problem is the cars seem to be Soviet and East German-made, and they do have speed limit of 120 kph (75 mph), so you're gonna need a newer car too.

    NegativeSoul said:
    are they taking a train from Japan directly to France?

    Technically, it is possible, but here, to reach the French Brest, the will have to go through Belarusian one first. And the problem is that the Russian loading gauge trains just won't fit into some European lines, so...looks like they gonna change the train there.

    (BTW we have a bunch of new cars for international routes almost unused.
    Ido-sensei, pls notice and make use of that, girls deserve comfort!)

    On the other hand, there still may be possibility that European cars were brought to Vladivostok beforehand, so only bogey change will be needed.

    Claverhouse said:

    What armoured might, aloofly ample !
    And in that steed what fire, what force!
    Where are you galloping, proud horse,
    And where will those hooves plunge and trample ?

    Least I was expecting The Bronze Horseman to see there. Hats off to you, sir.

    Jarlath said:

    Shimakaze finally found something fast enough for her.

    *cough* TGV *cough*

    P.S: My apologize for such a blanket-size long-read, I just wanted to show off share some knowledge about Russian railways.

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    SentinelNikolaev said:
    The other problem is the cars seem to be Soviet and East German-made, and they do have speed limit of 120 kph (75 mph), so you're gonna need a newer car too.

    I thought all passenger (and also mail and refrigerator) cars have a 160 km/h limit... But seems that's indeed not the case: at least Ammendorf cars that use ЦМВ bogies can only run at 120 km/h.

    Hibiki said:
    RELEASING THE LIMITER!

    I think it's worth mentioning that indeed you can "release" the limiter on an electric locomotive. At least, on most soviet ones, which are controlled by relays, not computers.

    To do that, you have to put a few jumper wires on the terminal blocks (which are openly accessible, as applying jumper wires fixes some minor problems, such as relays that ran loose). To "release" the limiter, you should bypass the contacts of traction motor overcurrent relays. Or maybe jam them in the closed position. These relays, when opened, cut off the power to the coil which holds the main breaker closed. The main breaker then disconnects the locomotive from the overhead line.

    For ВЛ80, if I understood its circuit diagram correctly, you should connect the wire Э1 (+50V "logical" voltage plus) with the wire H71. That way, the relay 264, which opens as soon as any of four overcurrent protection relays РП1-РП4 is triggered, becomes bypassed, so overloading the traction motors would not lead to power shutdown. This has to be done on each section of the locomotive (here we see three of them).

    But doing that brings two major problems:
    1. Overloading the traction motors produces more Joule heat than the fans can cope with. So doing that for prolonged periods of time can start a fire (say hi to Leopon Team from girls_und_panzer). Still, the motors should withstand the overdrive for a few minutes.
    2. Increasing the current leads to higher torque that can at some point exceed the grip. When traction is lost for an axle (condition known as wheelslipping), the motor starts spinning uncontrollably at very high speed. This is known as DC motor runaway, and it can kill the motor way faster than overheating. Applying sand increases available traction to some extent, but it is still rather difficult to predict the maximum current that allows to maintain steady traction.

    So, while, technically, you CAN "release" the limiter, it is a very risky thing to do.

    P.S.: what SentinelNikolaev said about a blanket-size long-read.

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