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Re: Day of the roses
- Subject: Re: Day of the roses
- From: "jgnestor" <86367@one.net.au>
- Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 09:28:52 +1000
- Newsgroups: aus.rail,misc.transport.rail.australia-nz
- References: <01bef3f1$f846a5c0$782e11cb@rodsmith> <37cc55e5@dnews.tpgi.com.au> <37cc6052@dnews.tpgi.com.au> <7qi84r$qe3$1@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>
The train was, I believe, doing 49mph on a 50 mph curve (from the speed
recorder, reported in media soon after the accident)
Christopher_Martin GORDON wrote in message
<7qi84r$qe3$1@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>...
>: As for the marginal seat business - it was well known that central coast
and
>: lwr blue mountains seats were favoured - but I can't see the driver
speeding
>: through a crappy curve just to get some pollie elected.
>
>But wasn't the curve speed higher than normal for this reason? Nothing
>to do with the speed of the train, but the speed limit.
>
>(I will stay clear of saying the train was speeding or not.)
>
>--
>
>Chris Gordon
>http://www.ecr.mu.oz.au/~cmgord