Re: XPT Melb - Adelaide?

["Erk" <erk@erkV69.au.com>]

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|The diesel tilt train is still unproven. It's a novel design using a
|relatively high rev engine, which on paper seems unsuitablt for hot
|Australian conditions. I'd want to wait and see. The other problem is that
|Walkers has a full order book for the forseeable future.
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|Adtranz, Siemens and other manufacturers have many different types of
|tilting DMU available.
|

CityRail has some electric prototypes available........I'm sure that
National Rail can spare a couple of NR's to use on this service.


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