>Normal operations:-
>95 km/h Albion to Bendigo except for six bridges with 30 km/h limits at
> Diggers rest arch - 35.79km
> Jacksons creek - 39.64km
> Malmsbury viaduct - 101.61km
> Taradale viaduct - 107.88km
> Pyrenees highway - 124.71km
> Buckeye creek - 148.57km
>Special rules for R class training runs in May/June 97:-
>max 115km/h on passenger and 80 km/h on freight
>40km/h diverging movements are restricted to 25km/h
>65km/h diverging movements are restricted to 40 km/h
>Down trains must run via the down platform at Castlemaine to avoid a
>diverging move
>The crossing work in Bendigo Yard is in very poor condition. Caution must
>be exercised in operating R class locomotives in the yard (Direct quote!!!
>- What an admission!!)
If I was a potential buyer or perveyor of rail services to the State
of Victoria, the state of the rail infrastructure would be a real
turn-off. Just like running a freight service on a pot-holed road
would be dangerous for a "B" double, a pot-holed rail track is just as
bad. Anyone who tenders for a rail service operation must be either a
complete idiot or have more faith in rail than what's healthy for them
and their bank-balance.
>These speeds apply only to locomotives R707, R761, R766. Any other R class
>locomotive is restricted to the speeds published in the Master Train Plan.
>(another, incredible direct quote!!!)
There ya go Craig, you can dust off R711 now and let 'er rip.
Maybe they 're expecting more pheonix-built "R"'s to rise from the
ashes and once more take over the state's rail services?
>Cheers Krel
>P.S. R766+N461+A71+X39+T409 shaking the ground while thundering up the
>grade at Elphinstone on Monday night was AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!
For sure. Did you tape it for posterity?
Must be expensive to have two crews to run the train or did they m.u.
the R to the shafts? (;-)
Les Brown.