0-60 time of a 185

[strange6]

Anybody care to guess a 0-60 time of a 185 on full power assuming perfect traction?

 

[BestWestern]

Umm, 4 minutes...

 

[Fincra5]

Does the stopwatch count in years?

 

[Nym]

There aren't many places you can time it, southbound out of chorley anyone with a GPS?

 

[ainsworth74]

Oh come on guys 185s are heavy sods but their not that slow after all they do have 2250bhp on tap (yes I know there is more to acceleration than that )! Personally I would suspect 0-60 in perfect conditions is probably in the region of a minute or so.

 

[strange6]

Does the stopwatch count in years?

LOL These things were built for quick acceleration (2200hp for a three car set?) so I would imagine they would be quicker than 4 minutes!

 

[BestWestern]

LOL These things were built for quick acceleration (2200hp for a three car set?) so I would imagine they would be quicker than 4 minutes!

Apologies, I've just noticed my imaginary 185 seems to have a 150 attached to the back

 

[ainsworth74]

Apologies, I've just noticed my imaginary 185 seems to have a 150 attached to the back

That would be quite the tie up seeing as they have incompatible couplers!

 

[BestWestern]

That would be quite the tie up seeing as they have incompatible couplers!

TPE knows no bounds

- Slight confession, I read '185' as '175' hence there being a 150 involved!! I realise that, even in these times of deep desperation, TransPennine have not resorted to running 150s!! Yet

- In view of this clarity, I ammend my original guesstimate to 2 minutes. Thank you

 

[MCR247]

Does the stopwatch count in years?

185s are very overpowered, so I don't know where you got them having slow acceleration from....

 

[317653]

I would say 1-2 mins
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When I was at York it there was one and it must have reached 40 within 30 secs

 

[Donny Dave]

Oh come on guys 185s are heavy sods but their not that slow after all they do have 2250bhp on tap (yes I know there is more to acceleration than that )! Personally I would suspect 0-60 in perfect conditions is probably in the region of a minute or so.

I'm guessing around 50-52 seconds. The reason ....

Brigg Road is 48 seconds East of Scunthorpe station. A 185 been given the full monty will be powering down and cruising at the 55mph line speed a second or 2 before that.

 

[Lampshade]

Best place to time it would probably be out of Stockport or Bolton, a station where it can just go rather than navigate points.

 

[westcoaster]

A 319 will be doing, 55-60 mph by the time the vigilance goes off.

 

[YorkshireBear]

From what i experience they are the fastest accelerating DMU's. Definitely faster than any other diesel i have rode. Voyagers.... maybe

 

[daikilo]

I'm guessing around 50-52 seconds. The reason ....

Brigg Road is 48 seconds East of Scunthorpe station. A 185 been given the full monty will be powering down and cruising at the 55mph line speed a second or 2 before that.

That is what I consider a reasoned answer if facts are not available.

Just as well, as noone has yet provided anythig resembling facts!

 

[MCR247]

From what i experience they are the fastest accelerating DMU's. Definitely faster than any other diesel i have rode. Voyagers.... maybe

22x's are the fastest accelerating DMUs/DEMUs

 

[YorkshireBear]

22x's are the fastest accelerating DMUs/DEMUs

yeah just came back to post that after remembering it they cant be far of 2nd

 

[66526]

A 319 will be doing, 55-60 mph by the time the vigilance goes off.

But what speed are you doing when you've notched it up fully?

 

[notadriver]

Some logs I've seen suggest it takes about a minute. They are described as having 'electric train' like acceleration.

 

[Pumbaa]

A driver on another forum (Montybazbaz if anyone knows him) reckons they get like for like seconds to speed all the way up to 100 on full blast. They are ridiculously overpowered. Incidentally, the top two notches are locked off until 10mph by the TMS, so you can never get the 'full beans' from a standing start.

Coming out of Edge Hill, they can achieve a speed increase of 45mph in just under 30 seconds (I think the line speed through Mossley Hill is 85, Driver9000 will confirm/change as applicable).

 

[MCR247]

A driver on another forum (Montybazbaz if anyone knows him) reckons they get like for like seconds to speed all the way up to 100 on full blast. They are ridiculously overpowered. Incidentally, the top two notches are locked off until 10mph by the TMS, so you can never get the 'full beans' from a standing start.

Coming out of Edge Hill, they can achieve a speed increase of 45mph in just under 30 seconds (I think the line speed through Mossley Hill is 85, Driver9000 will confirm/change as applicable).

Is the top notch not locked OOU completely?

 

[Pumbaa]

Yes I think so, I was referring to the top two notches that were still available for use.

 

[MCR247]

Oh I see

 

[Fincra5]

185s are very overpowered, so I don't know where you got them having slow acceleration from....

Was just a joke mate. To me DMUs seem to take forever unlike our fancy pantcy EMUs

 

[MCR247]

Well they would do if your only experience was 171s


Feel sorry for you

 

[Fincra5]

Indeed Just had a quick look up. 422hp per car, that's it...

 

[notadriver]

Which EMUs Fincra5? How many power notches does a 185 have anyway ?

 

[MCR247]

Fincra5 works with 377s for Southern IIRC

They have:

P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7

 

[Pumbaa]

Fairly sure P2 was re-enabled with the advent of Eco-Mode to make cruising easier. But yes, 7 in total.