On 1 Feb, 14:03, "Boltar" wrote:
On Feb 1, 1:38 pm, "Tom Page" wrote:

For anyone interested this features keeps the motor going rather than
coasting once the train's reached its maximum speed. I think the heat

Whats the advantage of that? Wouldn't it just waste electricity and
cause excess heat as mentioned?

B2003

It's not exactly rocket science that if one coasts one loses speed due
to friction, so keeping the motor going allows faster journey speeds.
Of course, the benefit of this has to be weighed up against energy use
and maintenance requirements.

Tom