Re: Class 180 to go ahead

[dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)]

James C. (james_ccj@my-deja.com) wrote:
> In article <pCte6.84$bi2.6222@news0.optus.net.au>,
>   dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage) wrote:
> > News from the UK which may be relevant to Victoria. The First Great
> > Western class 180 DMU has been approved to run at 125mph.

> I have several photos of class 180, they look Ultra cool!

They certainly do, apart from the ghastly new fGW livery.

> They were
> built by Alstom. Several UK magazine editors very much favour this
> train.

They could very well be as much of a revolution as the HST was in the
1970s. They have better accelleration and braking than the HST, and
perform better on stopping trains.

The engine performs relatively well in Australia on the Xplorer. the 180/1
is a 5-car set, which would be ideal for something like Dubbo, Grafton or
Broken Hill, even at only 160km/h.

Cheers
David