Tourist railway speeds (Re: S.A.R. Commissioners)
David Bromage (dbromage@metz.une.edu.au)
23 Jun 1997 03:55:22 GMT
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).
Cheers
David