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Re: Steam speed in Australia
- Subject: Re: Steam speed in Australia
- From: G.Lambert@unsw.edu.au (Geoff Lambert)
- Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 10:57:05 GMT
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: University of New South Wales
- References: <38d2b183@nntp> <PKmD4.56893$3b6.226171@ozemail.com.au> <bnwD4.34$Xt3.292828@news0.optus.net.au> <8choug$bra$1@nnrp1.deja.com>
- Xref: bclass.spectrum.com.au aus.rail:5407
On Thu, 06 Apr 2000 10:29:46 GMT, bf0017@hotmail.com wrote:
>I belive that I timed 3801 on the west bound Bicentennial Train at 135
>k.m.h. east of Peterborough S.A. It was maintaining steady 26 - 27
>seconds per k.m.
>
>In September 1997, as a passenger aboard 3830's first load trial (the
>Cockatoo Run) I timed 3830 at 128 - 130 k.m.h. running between
>Robertson & Moss Vale. 3830 run 8 consecutive 14 second 1/2 k.m.s.
>
>On both occasions, I was using my wristwatch and sighting the 'posts.
>The two 38's sounded magnificent with a load, clipped roar coming from
>their funnels.
>
On an ARE trip to NSW in about 1968 or 1969 (?) a two-person team, one
watching for and calling off the quarter-mile posts, the other running
two stop-watches, timed 3801 on the Up trip over two successive
quarter-miles near Culcairn at 81 mph, which is about 130 km per h,
about equal to the above.
Geoff Lambert