Re: [Aus] Fastest Freight Train?

["Dean A Stalker" <dstalker@dingoblue.net.au>]

Well I know Standard gauge allows for fairly fast express freights, but in
Qld there are some express freights designated as 100km/h freights (F =
electric/8 = Diesel Electric*), while you have the standard electric/diesel
80km/h freights (C = electric/6 = Diesel Electric*) and then you have the
restricted speed freights usually to 60km/h (D = electric/7 =
diesel-electric).

Hopefully that provides some information about Qld freight speeds,

* The letter/number codes are used in the four digit train numbers in Qld,
eg. F378 would be a 100km/h express electric freight to Rockhampton.

Hope this helps


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"Alan Shaw" <brindabella@primus.com.au> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
> In this month's Trains magazine, there's a very interesting article on
part
> of the BNSF main line from Chicago to LA, with the claim that it's the
> world's fastest freight railway. According to the article, the fastest
> schedule end-to-end has an average speed of just under 70km/h. Now while
> over that distance such an average is pretty fast, but I was wondering
> whether the "fastest in the world" is really true. Does anyone have
> comparative figures to share of the fastest average speeds for freight
> trains in Australia - and to keep the comparison a bit simpler let's limit
> the field to trains travelling more than 500km. Now I know there are
> probably lots of provisos in these sorts of comparisons but I'd be
> interested in the results. Mind you, the BNSF result is very impressive
when
> you consider the line evidently boasts 80 intermodal trains a day. Eighty
a
> day - imagine going to your favourite train watching spot outside a
suburban
> network and seeing a freight every twenty minutes or so!
>
> Alan
> Brisbane
>
>