Re: ----The s-p-e-e-d of a train-----[ NSW]

[" Ian" <iansmith@optusnet.com.au>]

OK then ...How fast ( forget speed restrictions ) could a  8 carriage V set
go flat out .......with passengers?
"Paul Jones" <dj_nightshade@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Ever been from parramatta to blacktown in 4 minutes?? now that was fun!!!
>
> and i was in a train from quakers hill to the city that almost derailed on
> that corner before maryong.
>
> and a train that crossed the mulgrave level crossing at 123km/h while
there
> was an 80km/h restriction on that section...
>
>
> ------
> Paul Jones
>
> Ian wrote in message <392a1b53$0$2641@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au>...
> >I wonder if some of the group can help me?
> >How is the speed of a train  determined ? I presume that the driver has
> some
> >instructions -signage etc.
> >I ask this question because , on a train from Seven Hills to Westmead,
some
> >days ago,the speed seemed excessive, to the point it concerned quite a
few
> >passengers. The whole set was bouncing around a fair bit and it was very
> >hard to stand.
> >A few comments to the guard at Westmead by some travelers,were just
laughed
> >off.
> >Rgds...............................
> >
> >
>
>