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

Subject: Re: ----The s-p-e-e-d of a train-----[ NSW]
From: Ben Armstrong <ba13@uow.edu.au>
Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 21:56:11 +1000
In-Reply-To: <392a54ca$0$2630@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au>
Newsgroups: aus.rail
Organization: University of Wollongong
References: <392a1b53$0$2641@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au> <nlsW4.40791$PL4.880953@ozemail.com.au> <392a54ca$0$2630@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au>
Xref: bclass.spectrum.com.au aus.rail:10029

On Tue, 23 May 2000,  Ian wrote:

> OK then ...How fast ( forget speed restrictions ) could a  8 carriage V set
> go flat out .......with passengers?

I think in testing the got them to over 160kmh... At those speeds arcing
due to pan bounce becomes the limiting factor.

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