Re: NRC across Blue Mountains

[brougham@my-dejanews.com]

In article <6vro70$eei$9@news.mel.aone.net.au>,
  dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage) wrote:
> Paul Pickford (brougham@bigpond.com) wrote:
>
> > John MacCallum wrote in message
> > >You won't see Road railers on the Mountains. THe old AN was going to
> > >introduce Road Railer traffic in NSW but they discovered that they
> > >couldn't assist a failed Road Railer train in the rear. That finished
> > >off the idea of having them run up the over the Blue Mountains.
>
> > NRC can relieve a Trailerail from the rear,as there is a couplermate on the
> > back. Travelling backwards the train is restricted to 80kph.
>
> But can you assist a train from the rear, i.e. push it?
>
> Cheers
> David
>

Hi David,
I checked with the Trailerail guys at work and the short answer is yes. The
only restriction is the 80kph I mentioned.


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