Re: Tilt Train Record Broken

[krel4203@netconnect.com.au (Krel )]

On Tue, 25 May 1999 14:07:05 GMT, pcc@ocean.com.au (Les Brown) wrote:

>"David Proctor" <thadocta@spam.ozemail.spam.com.spam.au> wrote in
>aus.rail:
>
>>I certainly do not recall seeing anyone riding on the roof of a QR train.
>
>A 25,000 volts AC cable just a few centimetres up is a great
>dis-incentive to roof-travel. Not so in Victoria. 1,500 volts DC isn't
>enough.
>
>I hear in Manilla that the roofs of carriages are pitched to prevent
>that as well as things being thrown onto carriages.
>
I know that no overhead is involved but I once had someone ride the
roof of the Melbourne Express from Wagga to Culcairn and he lived to
tell the tale!!!! Fairly dumb idea riding the roof of a train at
115km/h at dawn in August, eh?


Cheers

Krel

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