Re: Rail delay complaints spark maintenance boost

["Russell Norton" <russelln@iprimus.com.au>]

"Paul Jones" <jonesclan@free.net.au> wrote in message
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> We were 3 hrs late - And I beg to differ... (I've never even seen V sets
go
> that fast....)


NR's faster than V sets - I wish :^). Unfortunately, it is not possible as
NR's offload at 120 Km/h i.e. power is reduced to practically zero (some
earlier software version units offload at just 115).

Russ.

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> Paul Jones
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> "Russell Norton" <russelln@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message
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> > "Paul Jones" <jonesclan@free.net.au> wrote in message
> > BwJo5.5619$Vb.149564@ozemail.com.au">news:BwJo5.5619$Vb.149564@ozemail.com.au...
> > > When you go past level crossings soo fast that you don't see them, you
> > realy
> > > do notice when you slow down. Perhaps we slowed from 130 to 115, or we
> > were
> > > in a speed restriction or something. The point is, the track is
woefull.
> >
> >
> > You would not have been doing over 115 Km/h anywhere.
> > Agree with the last point, the track is woefull
> >
> > Russ.
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> > > Paul Jones
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> > > "David Johnson" <trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
> > > 39A27039.A13FAC71@ozemail.com.au">news:39A27039.A13FAC71@ozemail.com.au...
> > > > Paul Jones wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > When i caught the ghan last year from alice springs to syd, we
left
> > 4.5
> > > hrs
> > > > > late from alice, and we caught up 4 hrs by broken hill, 2 to
adelade
> > and
> > > 2
> > > > > to broken hill.
> > > >
> > > > Huh?
> > > >
> > > > > (I never know NR's could go 120....). and the ride was dead
> > > > > smooth from adelade to broken hill. Once in NSW, we slowed to at
> least
> > > 80,
> > > > > and still I was finding it hard to sleep, the track was so bad. we
> > > caught up
> > > > > 15 minutes from broken hill to lithgow. If this isn't an
indication
> of
> > > bad
> > > > > track, i don't know what is....
> > > >
> > > > How do you know you slowed to 80?   The track speed (which they
> usually
> > > do) is
> > > > 115.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > David Johnson
> > > > trainman@ozemail.com.au
> > > > http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/
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> > > > These comments are made in a private
> > > > capacity and do not represent the
> > > > official view of State Rail.
> > > > C.O.W.S. Page 11.
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