When taken frame by frame it is very noticeable that the car immediately behind the engine was out of alignment. I can't help but wonder if that misalignment occurred earlier in the train's travel and why it wasn't picked up on inspection? It looks as though there is an elevation to the connection with the train. No one saw it? I mean the engineer does inspect the train and it's connections before starting down the rails, right? The engineer does 'walk the train' before entertaining leaving the station, right? Pre-Trip Inspection, yes?
The train itself is most likely a hybrid. The bottom alignment is not straight as it comes down that track to the curve. It sincerely looks to me as though there is a misalignment between the engine and the second car even before the curve. Maybe it's just shadows. That is what makes me crazy watching digital, I never know if the digital oscillated at all in order to realign the picture. It just appears as though the engine and the second car weren't getting along before the turn either. I think the turn simply exacerbated the misalignment or vibration.
Vibration at that speed can interpret into a struggle with velocity and alignment. The second car would be catching up with the engine. The 'clunk-clunk' hear when a train first starts up. I think there was a difference in velocity between the cars.
Better scenario is that the engine might have been slowing and that wasn't transmitted to the second car. All the cars have independent brakes, right? So, when the engineer slows the train all the cars are breaking evenly. That should be occurring with any train, not just high speed rail. It makes me think the electrics have to be checked, too. The wreckage needs to be inspected well.
The misalignment I am seeing occurs as early as 00.09 in the video. The undercarriage is not in the same alignment between the following cars and the engine. I am sure they can figure it out.
Hybrid train S130H / S730
In order to extend high-quality services to parts of Spain not then reached by the high-speed rail network under construction, RENFE undertook the procurement of trains combining both electrical and conventional diesel combustion engine power. The trains, for delivery in 2012 for use from Madrid to Murcia, and Madrid to Galicia, were to be constructed by Talgo and Bombardier, at a cost of 78 million euro. The new trains based on the S-130 were initially coded S130H, later S730; 15 original S-130 units will be converted to the hybrid operation.
Fifteen S130 sets are to be converted, using two generator sets per train using MTU 12V 4000 R43L engines (1.8MW each) in trailer cars. The top speed in diesel mode is 180 km/h. Testing of the trains took place in 2011 with introduction into service expected in 2012.
The train itself is most likely a hybrid. The bottom alignment is not straight as it comes down that track to the curve. It sincerely looks to me as though there is a misalignment between the engine and the second car even before the curve. Maybe it's just shadows. That is what makes me crazy watching digital, I never know if the digital oscillated at all in order to realign the picture. It just appears as though the engine and the second car weren't getting along before the turn either. I think the turn simply exacerbated the misalignment or vibration.
Vibration at that speed can interpret into a struggle with velocity and alignment. The second car would be catching up with the engine. The 'clunk-clunk' hear when a train first starts up. I think there was a difference in velocity between the cars.
Better scenario is that the engine might have been slowing and that wasn't transmitted to the second car. All the cars have independent brakes, right? So, when the engineer slows the train all the cars are breaking evenly. That should be occurring with any train, not just high speed rail. It makes me think the electrics have to be checked, too. The wreckage needs to be inspected well.
The misalignment I am seeing occurs as early as 00.09 in the video. The undercarriage is not in the same alignment between the following cars and the engine. I am sure they can figure it out.
In order to extend high-quality services to parts of Spain not then reached by the high-speed rail network under construction, RENFE undertook the procurement of trains combining both electrical and conventional diesel combustion engine power. The trains, for delivery in 2012 for use from Madrid to Murcia, and Madrid to Galicia, were to be constructed by Talgo and Bombardier, at a cost of 78 million euro. The new trains based on the S-130 were initially coded S130H, later S730; 15 original S-130 units will be converted to the hybrid operation.
Fifteen S130 sets are to be converted, using two generator sets per train using MTU 12V 4000 R43L engines (1.8MW each) in trailer cars. The top speed in diesel mode is 180 km/h. Testing of the trains took place in 2011 with introduction into service expected in 2012.
