Re: QR new tilt train, eat your heart out interstate!

["Matthew Smith" <matticue@corplink.com.au>]

Can someone kindly explain to me the differences in a Talgo train? Thanx.
Regards

Matt Smith
Brisbane, Queensland
matticue@corplink.com.au

You can't slam a revolving door.
David Bennetts wrote in message
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>> The only possible problem is platforms. Talgos sit lower, and will tilt
>> through a curved platform.
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>> Amtrak is going into Talgos in a big way with several more sets on order
>> for new services from Los Angeles to Las Vegas and Phoenix. The Oregon
>> Talgo services have been an amazing success with ridership going through
>> the roof. The best thing was no new locos were required.
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>> Cheers
>> David
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>Talgos are not my favourite train to ride in.  I rode Amtrak's Talgo from
>Seattle to Vancouver last year.  With a lot of track joints and pointwork
>on this line, they give a rather bumpy ride.  With their mono-axle
>wheelsets shared between cars, and the mostly substandard tracks we have in
>Australia, I feel they would be entirely unsuitable for our conditions.
>About their only saving grace was that they had decent loos, against the
>cramped aircraft style ones of Amtrak's superliners.
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>I think their main reason for success in the west was that they introduced
>new rail services rather than replacing any existing services.
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>David Bennetts
>Canberra
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