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Re: XPT and X2000

To: ausrail@railpage.org.au
Subject: Re: XPT and X2000
From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 14:32:59 +1100
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Oliver Keating wrote:

> I am a bit confused as to why the XPT is sometimes referred to as the X2000?
> I was under the impression this was a swedish tilting train

The locomotives used to push/pull the XPT are XP2000 class locos, numbered from
XP2000 to XP2018.

When it was over here, the X2000 tilt train was hauled by XP2000 and XP2009.

--
David Johnson
CityRail Guard
trainman@ozemail.com.au
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/

References:
- XPT and X2000
  - From: "Oliver Keating" <olikea@email.msn.com>

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