>if there
> wern't so many stupid restrictions like this, the xpt could proably average
> at least another 40-50km/h faster!!!
I doubt it. There rails at Picton station are on a relatively straight peice
of track- wear shouldn't be a problem- though there is a bit of "cold flow".
In any case the XPT already does 70-80km/h though there and there is no way
that they could make it up to 130km through Picton with the Picton and Maldon
curves at either end of this track, as well the grade on the down across the
viaduct is 1 in 40.
-----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==-----
http://www.dejanews.com/ Now offering spam-free web-based newsreading