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Re: TALGO tilt trains

Subject: Re: TALGO tilt trains
From: "John Wayman" <trecker@bigpond.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 15:32:09 +1100
Newsgroups: aus.rail
References: <74n787$63e$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <74nhmh$125$3@news.mel.aone.net.au> <01be2486$b6782fa0$424c0acb@davibenn.pcug.org.au> <3676483a.0@news.highway1.com.au> <3676fd5b.0@139.134.5.33> <7577e1$j5u$4@news.mel.aone.net.au> <36773223.0@139.134.5.33> <757civ$gci$1@news.mel.aone.net.au>


David Bromage wrote in message <757civ$gci$1@news.mel.aone.net.au>...
>The short list for the VHST was all foreign technology - French (TGV),
>German (ICT and maglev), Swedish (tilt), Spanish (Talgo) and Italian
>(Pendolino).
Agreed David, but there was no option but for us to go outside our comfort
zone!

Thus NSW went for the most outlandishly impractical option - maglev! Heaven
knows how the Feds decided on a sensible option like the TGV?

Cheers
John Wayman

Follow-Ups:
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References:
- QR new tilt train, eat your heart out interstate!
  - From: thalytgv@my-dejanews.com
- Re: QR new tilt train, eat your heart out interstate!
  - From: dbromage@omni.com.au (David Bromage)
- Re: QR new tilt train, eat your heart out interstate!
  - From: "David Bennetts" <davibenn@pcug.org.au>
- Re: TALGO tilt trains
  - From: "David & Jan Winter" <winterd@icenet.com.au>
- Re: TALGO tilt trains
  - From: "John Wayman" <trecker@bigpond.com>
- Re: TALGO tilt trains
  - From: dbromage@omni.com.au (David Bromage)
- Re: TALGO tilt trains
  - From: "John Wayman" <trecker@bigpond.com>
- Re: TALGO tilt trains
  - From: dbromage@omni.com.au (David Bromage)

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