Re: QR tilt train

[haggis <wartune@one.net.au>]

Looks like being there is no excuse for knowing anything about it Ron..

Mexican logic maybe :)

Ron Bennell wrote:

> I was at the QR test at Meadowvale on May 25 1999.
>
> The QR claim was based on:
> * The South African loco was specially prepared for the trial;
> the Tilt Train tested (Units 303 and 304) had no "go fast" preparation - it
> came out of regular service two days before, was instrumented the day
> before, and ran normal the timetabled service the following day.
>
> * A rep from one of the Tilt Train equipment suppliers flew here for the
> test.  I spoke to him on the test site that day, and he claimed that this
> trial was of importance to his company because none of their narrow gauge
> trains in Japan had approached the 210kph achieved on the test runs.
>
> Ron