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Re: TALGO tilt trains
- Subject: Re: TALGO tilt trains
- From: dbromage@omni.com.au (David Bromage)
- Date: 12 Jan 1999 23:06:47 GMT
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Customer of OzEmail/Access One Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia
- References: <74n787$63e$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <74nhmh$125$3@news.mel.aone.net.au> <01be2486$b6782fa0$424c0acb@davibenn.pcug.org.au> <3676483a.0@news.highway1.com.au> <3676fd5b.0@139.134.5.33> <7577e1$j5u$4@news.mel.aone.net.au> <36773223.0@139.134.5.33> <tdnhwN@pec-8.au1.m.uunet.de>
Wolfgang Keller (w_keller@gmx.de) wrote:
> David Bromage <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote:
> > thalytgv@my-dejanews.com wrote:
> > > 2.Also isn't Talgo train belongs to "articulate" type? I know they are
> > > difficult to addtional/detach carriages.
> >
> > No harder than with a TGV. You just need to take it to the workshops.
> The number of 'coaches' of a TGV trainset is _never_ changed. The same
> applies for the Talgo trainsets. And each ICE trainset has a fixed
> number of choaches as well.
Just because they don't do it doesn't mean thet can't do it.
> > > 4. Is there a "Multi Units" version of Talgo?
> >
> > No, but there are Fiat and Siemens EMUs with pendular passive tilting.
> I've never heard of an EMU with a passive tilting mechanism,
The APT had passive tilting.
Cheers
David