Re: super series wheelslip control

[matthew@mail.usyd.edu.au (Matthew Geier)]

In article <3aaf47ed$0$25472$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au>,
Tezza <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au> wrote:
>"Matthew Geier" <matthew@mail.usyd.edu.au> wrote in message
>98ne5m$ama$1@spacebar.ucc.usyd.edu.au">news:98ne5m$ama$1@spacebar.ucc.usyd.edu.au...
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>|  They would be absolutely nuts not to fit VVVF AC drives to the Millennium
>| sets. The technology is pretty proven now. Lower maintence costs and lower
>| energy consumption.
>
>So which one do you really think they'll go with.
>

 Lets be really conservative - DC camshaft :-)

100+ year old tech. Well understood. The 'RedRattlers' even had wheel slip
detection and correction orginally I belive.