Aloysius Posted April 4, 2007 Posted April 4, 2007 A specially modified TGV train from Paris to Strasbourg hit 570km/ hr! Imagine - why catch a plane that leaves from a place 1 hour out of town when you would just be arriving at your destination on this version of public transport! Can we have some of those?
DigitalObserver Posted April 4, 2007 Posted April 4, 2007 A specially modified TGV train from Paris to Strasbourg hit 570km/ hr!Imagine - why catch a plane that leaves from a place 1 hour out of town when you would just be arriving at your destination on this version of public transport! Can we have some of those? Good spot AalanT! Just one of the many major works of infrastructure that this nation cries out for AlanT. Who should have led an a high speed train initiative? Now, et me think, National infrastructure? National infrastructure? National infrastructure? Nup, can't think of it. Must be something labor forgot to do before 1996. Now perhaps you should find some way of ensuring tha Minister for Transport knows about it. Ah!, oor basta7d, probably no one has told him about it!
DrP Posted April 4, 2007 Posted April 4, 2007 Can we have some of those? In QLD? No chance of that. We can't manage a train that does 120 kilometres an hour without falling off the tracks - and even that required large amounts of track realignment and upgrading. Standard guage? Wide guage? What's that mean?? Electrified railways? Ah yes, according to my QR handbook, that means 'a system of rail tracks that stops just short of Mackay since the rest of the state further north doesn't matter'. "Queensland Railways - What have we done?!"* * slight alteration of a QR publication in the 60s entitled Queensland Railways - What we have done".
Nevyn72 Posted April 4, 2007 Posted April 4, 2007 A specially modified TGV train from Paris to Strasbourg hit 570km/ hr!Imagine - why catch a plane that leaves from a place 1 hour out of town when you would just be arriving at your destination on this version of public transport! A special test with extra balast on the tracks and boosted power to the overhead wires..... Normal operating speeds of 360 Kph. Can we have some of those? In some parts of the country we are still running on 150 year old infrastructure, there are other priorities to be addressed first! Besides the distances are too great to be economically viable in Australia......
Nevyn72 Posted April 4, 2007 Posted April 4, 2007 In QLD? No chance of that. We can't manage a train that does 120 kilometres an hour without falling off the tracks - and even that required large amounts of track realignment and upgrading. Standard guage? Wide guage? What's that mean?? You banana benders operate on narrow guage! Electrified railways? Ah yes, according to my QR handbook, that means 'a system of rail tracks that stops just short of Mackay since the rest of the state further north doesn't matter'. At least you run AC overheads, in NSW we still run 1500V DC! "Queensland Railways - What have we done?!"* * slight alteration of a QR publication in the 60s entitled Queensland Railways - What we have done".
Riv39 Posted April 4, 2007 Posted April 4, 2007 In some parts of the country we are still running on 150 year old infrastructure, there are other priorities to be addressed first! Ah yes nothing like well designed infrastructure that stands the test of time is there....
Aloysius Posted April 4, 2007 Author Posted April 4, 2007 I believe they said 574.8km/h One of those scary experiences is rocking across the landscape at night in a TGV, all is calm doing 300+kph, and then another TGV goes past about a metre away in the other direction - imagine all those tons with a closing speed of more than 600 - suffice to say it's a startling way to emerge from the book you were reading at the time!
DigitalObserver Posted April 4, 2007 Posted April 4, 2007 I believe they said 574.8km/h Is that 574.8I or 574.8p? Regards DO
CoNFooZeD Posted April 4, 2007 Posted April 4, 2007 I've been on the Maglev train in Shanghai (Magnetic Levitation) which from memory goes about 450kph. It actually doesn't feel like you are going that fast because it accelerates and decelerates very smoothly. It is only when you look down at the freeway below and see how quickly you are overtaking the cars that you realise how fast you are travelling.
Nevyn72 Posted April 4, 2007 Posted April 4, 2007 Ah yes nothing like well designed infrastructure that stands the test of time is there.... Harden signalbox communicates with Wallendbeen signalbox with the use of bells in a similar system to an old telegraph.......
drsmith Posted April 4, 2007 Posted April 4, 2007 Is that 574.8I or 574.8p?Regards DO It's 574.8p when the wheels are in contact with the tracks on both sides. It's 574.8i when the wheels are in contact with the tracks on one side only. When the wheels are no longer in contact with the tracks, that's a derailment and a nasty one at that speed.
Nevyn72 Posted April 4, 2007 Posted April 4, 2007 It's 574.8p when the wheels are in contact with the tracks on both sides.It's 574.8i when the wheels are in contact with the tracks on one side only. When the wheels are no longer in contact with the tracks, that's a derailment and a nasty one at that speed. Here's One We Prepared Earlier For You It actually came to a halt on the other side of the wash-away!!
stahc Posted April 4, 2007 Posted April 4, 2007 Here'sOne We Prepared Earlier For You It actually came to a halt on the other side of the wash-away!! don't you love seeing pictures of the bad things that can happen on your job..............the've got a lovely movie of a container crane coming down that they just love showing us..........whats worse is it looks identical to one of ours.......well it did once
Thudd1503560234 Posted April 4, 2007 Posted April 4, 2007 It actually came to a halt on the other side of the wash-away!! Thank goodness for Superman then!
Dork(original) Posted April 4, 2007 Posted April 4, 2007 don't you love seeing pictures of the bad things that can happen on your job..............the've got a lovely movie of a container crane coming down that they just love showing us..........whats worse is it looks identical to one of ours.......well it did once Chats,when i was at liney school they showed us pics of people that had been electrocuted.One guy turned green and threw up on his desk .Dork
stahc Posted April 4, 2007 Posted April 4, 2007 Chats,when i was at liney school they showed us pics of people that had been electrocuted.One guy turned green and threw up on his desk .Dork any chain reaction
Santa1503559644 Posted April 4, 2007 Posted April 4, 2007 I first rode the TGV in the very early eighties, when they were brand new. When I returned to Oz, I was continually annoyed by the "you mean the bullet train" replies of Joe Sixpack! No-one knew of the TGV. Yet another case of marketing ... everyone knew of the slower, fugly "bullet", but SNCF went with "TGV"! I gave up arguing! (BTW: While some of the Shinkansen got even fuglier, I must say I like the 500 series. In fact, they really do look the part for a futuristic train!)
Santa1503559644 Posted April 4, 2007 Posted April 4, 2007 Here'sOne We Prepared Earlier For You It actually came to a halt on the other side of the wash-away!! don't you love seeing pictures of the bad things that can happen on your job..............the've got a lovely movie of a container crane coming down that they just love showing us..........whats worse is it looks identical to one of ours.......well it did once Showing just a little more sense* than certain people from Garuda, its these guys I always think of when contemplating the meaning of "a bad day at the office" {nb: not a disasterous day, just a brown underwear day} _______________________________________ *Just going to show that its never too late for a GA ... even at 2ft!
Aloysius Posted April 4, 2007 Author Posted April 4, 2007 I first rode the TGV in the very early eighties, when they were brand new. When I returned to Oz, I was continually annoyed by the "you mean the bullet train" replies of Joe Sixpack! No-one knew of the TGV. Yet another case of marketing ... everyone knew of the slower, fugly "bullet", but SNCF went with "TGV"! I gave up arguing! (BTW: While some of the Shinkansen got even fuglier, I must say I like the 500 series. In fact, they really do look the part for a futuristic train!) Just watched the SBS vision of that sucker - OOOh - AAAaah the dust raised off a railway track testament to an unusual occurrence
Santa1503559644 Posted April 4, 2007 Posted April 4, 2007 I first rode the TGV in the very early eighties, when they were brand new. When I returned to Oz, I was continually annoyed by the "you mean the bullet train" replies of Joe Sixpack! No-one knew of the TGV. Yet another case of marketing ... everyone knew of the slower, fugly "bullet", but SNCF went with "TGV"! I gave up arguing! (BTW: While some of the Shinkansen got even fuglier, I must say I like the 500 series. In fact, they really do look the part for a futuristic train!) Just watched the SBS vision of that sucker - OOOh - AAAaah the dust raised off a railway track testament to an unusual occurrence Funny that the MythBusters™ "sucked off a railway platform" test was screened this Monday! BTW: It seems nested quoting is back!
Aloysius Posted April 4, 2007 Author Posted April 4, 2007 I first rode the TGV in the very early eighties, when they were brand new. When I returned to Oz, I was continually annoyed by the "you mean the bullet train" replies of Joe Sixpack! No-one knew of the TGV. Yet another case of marketing ... everyone knew of the slower, fugly "bullet", but SNCF went with "TGV"! I gave up arguing! (BTW: While some of the Shinkansen got even fuglier, I must say I like the 500 series. In fact, they really do look the part for a futuristic train!) Just watched the SBS vision of that sucker - OOOh - AAAaah the dust raised off a railway track testament to an unusual occurrence Funny that the MythBusters™ "sucked off a railway platform" test was screened this Monday! BTW: It seems nested quoting is back! Bloody hell - more technology to contend with - have mercy dammit
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