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Re: QR Tilt Train Speed Trials



On Tue, 27 Jan 1998 01:24:01 +1100, David Johnson
<trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote:

>Oliver Keating wrote:
>
>> Nah thats not amazing. Over 500km/h is *amazing.* The swedish X2000 has
>> reached 238km/h, and British trains reach can 225km/h. German trains can
>> reach 280km/h in service. And French, Japanese, Italian and Spanish trains
>> can all reach 300km/h in service. Now thats fast. But not as fast as the
>> amazing 515km/h TGV speed record.
>
>But none of these are on 3'6".  Over 200 km/h on 3'6" is amazing.
>
>--
>David Johnson
>CityRail Guard
>trainman@ozemail.com.au
>http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/
>
>
By the way what is the record for 3'6"?

David Chester
(chester@chariot.net.au)