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Re: Would an NR be faster than an XPT???




David Bromage wrote in message <69d315$19m$3@gruvel.une.edu.au>...

>>Michael Walker wrote:
>>
>>> Just out of interest, especially given all the talk of late about High
>>> Speed Trains, would an NR with a suitably modified or built carriage set
>>> be able to better XPT times between Melbourne and Sydney if allowed the
>>> speed or indeed on any track, especially that with adverse gradients?
>>
>>No.  The limiting factor of speed is curves.  It wouldn't matter how many
>>horses were on the front, the train would still have to go slowly around
>>curves.

Another limiting factor is the NR class aren't bad at chopping out rail
heads at the present. Have a look anywhere there are tight curves. You will
see what I mean. But I suppose they serve one purpose. They keep the welders
in plenty pf work.


>Cheers
>David

Cheers
Rex