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Re: Steam speed in Australia
- Subject: Re: Steam speed in Australia
- From: The Morphetts <grahamm@onthenet.com.au>
- Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 13:12:21 +1000
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Morphett Management Services
- References: <38d2b183@nntp> <7xAA4.202$vd4.434683@news0.optus.net.au>
- Xref: bclass.spectrum.com.au aus.rail:4312
My Grandfather claimed 100mph (160KPH) on a Lightly loaded Melbourne Express
running late on the down hill run into Campbelltown some time in 1952 or 53.
(He was also VERY careful not to talk about it around Everleigh!)
Graham
David Bromage wrote:
> hannah (hannah@pacificblue.net.au) won a Nobel Prize for literature by writing:
> > Does anyone have any reasonably accurate information on highest speeds
> > (Passenger or freight) attained by steam in this country.
>
> Official or unofficial? :)
>
> Cheers
> David
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