>When John was in Australia the fastest train as a vehicle was an XPT; the
>next fastest was Prospector.
>The fastest service was Prospector. For all of NSW's astute publicity
>about 160 km/h trains, XPT's rarely hit this speed. The fastest stretch
>for Central West XPT is between Blacktown and Penrith, in the outer Sydney
>suburbs.
>Even Riverina XPT rarely reaches the speed. There is a stretch south of
>Goulburn, and some high-speed running south of Wagga Wagga.
On the question of XPT speeds, I gather that in Victoria , between Albury and
Melb, the XPT still runs only at 130 km/h.
Since the track between Melb & Albury is now 60 kg, CWR rail, ie about as good
as you can get, certainly of the same standard as Albury to Junee where the
XPT runs at 160 km /h does anyone know why the restriction continuous.?
In fact , has the track upgrading realised any benefit at all.?
As far as I know , the freights still run at exactly the same speed limits as
they did when the track was 47 kg rail,so what has been gained for the
cost of the upgrading?
cheers
MD