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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by Tulyar15 Really? I'm surprised at that as much of the Cambrian between Shrewsbury & Machynlleth was upgraded for 90 mph running when the class 158 DMU's were introduced on the line in the 1990's. I gather some bits of the coast have (or will) upgraded to this maxima as 158's are now the standard rolling stock used on all scheduled passenger trains on the Cambrian. Their introduction enabled the journey time to be cut by 20 minutes between Shrewsbury & Machynlleth and the same level of service to be operated with one less unit as compared with the 70mph class 153 and 156's that were previously used. I dont know what speed t he 33's got up to. Officially I think they're now limited to 75mph (their max speed in BR days was only ever 85mph) but it certainly felt like we were achieving those sorts of speeds. [/quote] Ah - I stand corrected! Guess the MSTS pack must be set during the '70s (it has the old Class 101 DMUs, which were my principle reason for buying it). I can say that you don't want to ride in a 153 at 70 for any length of time - had a run back from Shrewsbury on one that was running late, driver didn't lift off the power once until we got to the junction at Craven Arms. Very loud, very rough!
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