In Japan in the 1960's they were running standard trains on standard tracks on the the Shenkazen line at 160kmh - 200kmh. When they wanted to go faster than 200kmh they built special tracks.
The XPT trains will run on standard tracks at 160-180kmh. But it isn't allowed. Australian Trains still don't run as fast as what German Steam Trains could run in the 1930's. Funnily enough - Hitler was more sympathetic to technology than what we find here in our Nanny State today. Sorry to say that - but results speak for themselves... On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 11:41 AM, Jake Anderson <[email protected]>wrote: > I'm guessing that the 90km/h limit on the trains is more about the tracks > than the trains. > > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
