Re: D57 Class [was Re: 6029]

[Ben Armstrong <ba13@uow.edu.au>]

On Fri, 26 May 2000, Railway Rasputin II wrote:

> Notice "top speed is 55 Mph". How long does it take to get to top
> speed?? (I am asking this as a true question as I do not know.)

Not long I would hope! The 57's were reputed as being very ba (ahem)
powerful...

> > > The reason why D 57's will not run on the main line again is because of
> > > speed. Rac wants at least 80kph CONSTANT speed. Not 10kph up hill and
> > > 800 kph down hill, constant.
> > 
> > I would have thought a D57 would have no trouble keeping a constant
> > speed on the hills! Galloping down a straight would be a problem, of
> > course, if their top speed is 55 MPH

No problem if their top speed is 55mph- they would be powerful enough to
keep close to top speed going uphill (as said) and 55mph is good enough
downhill- that's 89kmh! :-)

Worst comes to worst- you could always put 4401 on the back of the train
:-)

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