Re: QR Tilt Train Speed Trials

[Craig Mackie <cassino@bit.net.au>]

David Johnson wrote:
> 
> J Richmond wrote:
> 
> > I heard from an employee of QR that during unofficial speed trials of the
> > Tilt Train, it reached the amazing speed of 211km/hr!! None of this was
> > recorded or done officially, it seems that the driver just wanted to open
> > her up and see what she could do!!
> 
> I find that very hard to believe.
> 
> --
> David Johnson
> CityRail Guard
> trainman@ozemail.com.au
> http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/

I too had heard from contacts within the Railways that speeds of over
200km/h were reached while going through Coomera Station.  This is on
the Gold Coast railway were there is 2.2km radius curves.

So much for the spped record held by the XPT on 4'8.5".

Seems that QR does things better.