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Re: Trains to Newcastle.

To: ausrail@railpage.org.au
Subject: Re: Trains to Newcastle.
From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 1997 03:14:52 +1100
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Rex wrote:

> Why would a Tangara beat an XPT. I'm interested in your ,opinion. While your
> at it, lets change the rules and location shall we? How about we go west of
> Blacktown, forget 3801, and we will race a Tangara and an XPT.  The XPT can
> be either LE 5 car set or 7 car set. On the high speed track, you still
> think the Tangara will be the winner?

A tangara has far higher acceleration than an XPT.  If you threw the speed limit out the
window, I think a tangara would win for distances up to 10 km, and the XPT would start to
overtake after that.

--
David Johnson
CityRail Guard
trainman@ozemail.com.au
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/

References:
- Trains to Newcastle.
  - From: ajwright@ozemail.com.au (Ashley Wright)
- Re: Trains to Newcastle.
  - From: Eben Levy <ebenlevy@klever.net.au>
- Re: Trains to Newcastle.
  - From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>
- Re: Trains to Newcastle.
  - From: dbromage@metz.une.edu.au (David Bromage)
- Re: Trains to Newcastle.
  - From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>
- Re: Trains to Newcastle.
  - From: dbromage@metz.une.edu.au (David Bromage)
- Re: Trains to Newcastle.
  - From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>
- Re: Trains to Newcastle.
  - From: kingpin@magna.com.au (Derek Woodlands)
- Re: Trains to Newcastle.
  - From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>
- Re: Trains to Newcastle.
  - From: kingpin@magna.com.au (Derek Woodlands)
- Re: Trains to Newcastle.
  - From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>
- Re: Trains to Newcastle.
  - From: "Rex" <mayod@microplex.com.au>

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