Re: Line beyond......

[David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>]

geoff dawson wrote:

> Is any general track upgrading part of this project? I always used to be
> mystified as to why trains were so slow between Wollongong and Kiama,
> although the curves and grades are mostly quite gentle. One of my hobbies
> used to be matching the curve and gradient diagrams against a table of max
> speeds on curves, to get a theoretical speed (a rough and ready exercise,
> since I paid no regard to gradients). Wollongong-Kiama non stop (max speed
> 70mph) came to about 23 minutes.
> The present timetable is a little faster than it was 30 years ago, but not
> that much.

The maximum track speed for 145 km/h Endeavours is 100 km/h.

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