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Re: Track Quality and ride
- Subject: Re: Track Quality and ride
- From: Railway Rasputin II <bob@fastlink.com.au>
- Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 19:29:13 +1000
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Customer of Telstra Big Pond Direct
- References: <38f1b1a5.10723214@news.ozemail.com.au>
- Xref: bclass.spectrum.com.au aus.rail:5809
The IL down has a strange "whine" as you go along and sound great. I
think it is because of the new thicker rail but don't quote me on that.
rgds
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.
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> Ashley Wright, Canberra, Australia
> www: http://www.ozemail.com.au/~ajwright
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