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Re: Train Articles
<<<<<The diesel loco fleet can (in theory) operate at op to 130km/h. Sprinters
could possibly work at 145km/h. The XPT is designed for a maximum operational
speed of 160km/h.
200km/h is about the maximum without building dedicated high speed lines,
although in Britain it has been done at 225km/h.
More impoartant than the actual speed is the average speed.>>>>
The original tender for the XPT called for a max speed of 183KPH and as far as
I know that was the speed the XPT was designed for.
Average speed is important but you don't raise it without raising max speed
(all over things being equal). Its kind of a chicken or the egg situation.
Mark.
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