Re: Trains to Newcastle.

[dbromage@metz.une.edu.au (David Bromage)]

David Johnson (trainman@ozemail.com.au) wrote:
>David Bromage wrote:
>
>> David Johnson (trainman@ozemail.com.au) wrote:
>> >A most-stations train takes 2 hours 53 minutes Sydney-Newcastle.  A
>> >few-stations train takes only 2 hours 22 minutes.  This is a saving of 31
>> >minutes.  A no-stations train would be able to easily save another 10
>> >minutes.
>>
>> That brings you down to 2 hours 12 minutes. 3801 did it in 2 hours 1.5
>> mins in 1966(?). Why can't an express V set do any better?
>
>They could - providing that they are not blocked by anything, and you raise the speed
>limit for V sets to 130 km/h, and let them run to XPT speedboards.

This proves that steam is best. :)

Hadn't some V sets been trialed at higher speeds? I recall reading
somewhere about one electric set which had reached 140km/h, or something
like that. 

Cheers
David