Re: Tourist railway speeds (Re: S.A.R. Commissioners)

Arthur Marsh (arthur@gateway.dircsa.org.au)
24 Jun 1997 19:22:33 +0930

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David Bromage (dbromage@metz.une.edu.au) wrote:
: Arthur Marsh (arthur@gateway.dircsa.org.au) wrote:
: >Nic Doncaster (nldoncas@cobweb.com.au) wrote:
: >: They last saw use on Commissioners specials (see old Rail Australia Mags for
: >: pics). Their transfer terminates plans for a southern Eyre Peninsula tourist
: >: service
: >
: >I'd never even heard of such a plan, but Eyre Peninsula would need some
: >upgrading to handle speeds in excess of 30 km/h.

: 30km/h _is_ a typical tourist railway speed. The only tourist operations I
: know of which approach mainline speeds are VHTR (70km/h) and SGR (60km/h
: for diesel and railcars, 50km/h for steam).

But Eyre Peninsula, (and the VHTR) have considerable distances to cover.

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