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Re: IP route tilt train?

Subject: Re: IP route tilt train?
From: dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 05:24:11 GMT
Newsgroups: aus.rail
Organization: Another Optus Customer
References: <38f5de1f_1@news.chariot.net.au> <38F5EE4B.F07FE466@ozemail.com.au>
Xref: bclass.spectrum.com.au aus.rail:6104

David Johnson (trainman@ozemail.com.au) won a Nobel Prize for literature by writing:
> Taliesin Walker wrote:

> > Would anyone consider it possible to replace the current GSR IP with a tilt
> > train (or something quick) on the Sydney - Adelaide - Perth lines or would
> > this require track upgrading?

> Possible, but not really feasible.  Probably 80-90% of the route is flat and
> straight, not requiring any tilting.

Plus the IP is not designed to be fast. It's not an intercity train, it's
a hotel (or cruise liner) on rails.

Cheers
David

References:
- IP route tilt train?
  - From: "Taliesin Walker" <taliesin@chariot.net.au>
- Re: IP route tilt train?
  - From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>

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