XPT speeds VIC [was Fast Link Sydnet To Gosford]

[petanREMOVE@ion.com.au (PETer and susAN)]

On Wed, 28 Apr 1999 19:58:20 +1000, Jennifer Richmond
<richmond@melbpc.org.au> wrote:

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>PETer and susAN wrote:
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>> Hello Melbourne,
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>> We have our own high speed link. 6 Days a week it runs to Rocky at a
>> top speed of 170 kph and tilts around the curves. All that and on 3 ft
>> 6 as well!
>
>Mutter mutter, grumble, grumble. All we have is this thing that goes 160 kph
>which we have had since the early 90s. Belongs to them in between us and is
>called an XPT. Been around since the 1980s. The suspension is better on this
>one 'cause it doesn't lean on the curves
>
>> Cheers from Sunny QLD
>> Peter Cokley
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Can anyone tell me what speed the XPT does in VIC. 

After 26 years of reading Railway Digest I seem to remember reading
many times that the track south of Albury was only 94Lb rail and
wooden sleepers. Result speed limit of XPT sometimes reported as 130
KPH. Is it still 130kph?

thanks 
Peter Cokley