Re: V/Line railcars

[Chris Brownbill <cbrnbill@enternet.com.au>]

I hope the 'provision for tilting' doesn't involve any compromises in vehicle
weight or passenger capacity or comfort.  Of all the places in Australia that
doesn't need tilting trains its Victoria.  The track might be crap quality - but
its straight because the terrain is basically flat - even the Great Dividing
Range is only a mediocre dividing range in the parts of the State that trains
operate.  NSW and Qld can benefit from tilting trains - and maybe SA for the
Adelaide hills, but Vic needs properly geared conventional railcars without
being compromised by inappropriate fads.


David Bromage wrote:
> 
> I heard along the grapevine that the new railcars for V/Line will be based
> on the Deutsche Bahn 612 class. These are 160km/h tilting DMUs built by
> Adtranz. The V/Line railcars will not be tilting, but will have provision
> for it.
> 
> They look similar to the Xplorer/Endeavour, but have a slightly more
> rounded nose. They have a Cummins engine they have is the later version of
> that used in the Xplorers.
> 
> There is a good picture at
> http://mercurio.iet.unipi.it/pix/de/diesel/dmu/612/612dlf2000.jpg
> 
> Cheers
> David