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Re: XPT Melb - Adelaide?

Subject: Re: XPT Melb - Adelaide?
From: dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 10:02:10 GMT
Newsgroups: aus.rail
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Peter Berrett (pberrett@optushome.com.au) wrote:

> Following on from my earlier post I have just been reading "the world
> fastest trains" by Geoffrey Freeman Allen. It's a great book with a lot on
> high speed and very high speed trains.

> I noticed that the Talgos come in for a bit of a mention. They have low
> slung bodies with a low centre of gravity. Later models tilt.

The problem with passive tilting is that you only get about a 10-15% speed
advantage on curves. With active tilting you can get as much as 30%.

Cheers
David

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