Re: R class to Bendigo on Again!?

David Bromage (dbromage@metz.une.edu.au)
12 May 1997 09:27:20 GMT

David Bromage (dbromage@metz.une.edu.au) wrote:
>Krel (krel4203@netconnect.com.au) wrote:
>>All runs are R class attached in front of normal rostered diesels.
>>8027 and 8029 are authorised to run at 115 km/h. (AFAIK R class are 100
>>km/h on Bendigo line normally.)
>
>IIRC, the speed for the R and D3 class was dropped to 80km/h on the up
>line from Bendigo to Castlemaina a few years ago. This was around the time
>the maximum speed for all trains was lowered to 100km/h. When was it
>raised again.

I hate to followup my own posts, but are there any speed restrictions
listed for viaducts? There usually are when an R double heads with
anything else.

Cheers
David