Re: Track Quality and ride

[james_ccj@my-deja.com]

In article <38f1b1a5.10723214@news.ozemail.com.au>,
  ajwright@spam.ozemail.com.au (Ashley Wright) wrote:
> There has been talk in other threads about track sleeper combinations
> and ride quality etc. I have a question about the Illawara lines. Why
> is it that the local lines, which were relaided around late '96 seem
> to have a much smoother ride to them compaired to the mains?. Also
> they have a very different noise to them as well. I know at leat one
> of the mains uses concrete and both locals use concrete but they are
> very different. I used to travel daily from Rockdale to Kingscross and
> return and the afternoon train, usually the one around 16:10 to
> Thiruoull (sp?) always uses the locals.
Also have something to with track welding... bogies, the type of
rolling stock you are taking..ballast..  if the track been maintenance
recently.



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James


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