Re: QR Diesel tilt train not very fast?

["Dean A Stalker" <dstalker@dingoblue.net.au>]

Got a first look at the Diesel Tilt today at Walkers Ltd. Though it was only
the Stainless Steel shell of a trailer carriage.

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Railway Rasputin3 <james_ccj@my-deja.com> wrote in message
news:8n634s$fk$1@nnrp1.deja.com...
> Just been through Queenslander's  timetable carefully I notcied
> Queenslander takes 20 hours and 20 minutes between Rockhampton and
> Cairns and 11 hours and 8 minutes between Rockhampton and Brisbane
> gives a total of 31 hours and 28 minutes.
>
> Whereas diesel tilt train will takes 27 hours according to one of the
> EDI rail press release. From the start the train will only cuts a
> little bit more then 4 hours off the schedule.
>
> Electric tilt train takes 7 hours between Brisbane and Rockhampton
> which is a 4 hours reduction. Assume diesel tilt train would take
> similar timing between Rockhampton and Brisbane that means the tilt
> train would not be accelerate much between Rockhampton and Cairns or
> not at all. I though tilt train can give 20% reduction on journey
> time without much improvement to the track, if this is the case then
> the running time for tilt train should be 16-17 hours between
> Rockhampton and Cairns and gives 23 to 24 hours total journey time
> between Cairns and Brisbane.
>
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