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Title: DB Schenker to run 125 mph services in 2011? Post by: woody on December 01, 2010, 00:00:55 http://rail-news.com/2010/11/30/db-schenker-to-run-125-mph-services-in-2011/
What services would that be? Title: Re: DB Schenker to run 125 mph services in 2011? Post by: willc on December 01, 2010, 00:29:21 And what rolling stock do they have in mind, since loco-hauled MK3s and DVTs have never operated above 110mph? Unless they are planning, at least for parcels, to revive an old EWS plan to convert Mk3 sleepers into 125mph vans and even then, there are precious few of those left spare these days.
Title: Re: DB Schenker to run 125 mph services in 2011? Post by: eightf48544 on December 01, 2010, 08:56:26 Interesting. I suppose it has to be Mark 3 stock.
Imagine a train load of GUVs running at 125! Assumming there are enough left to form a train. Title: Re: DB Schenker to run 125 mph services in 2011? Post by: qwerty on December 01, 2010, 12:01:17 And what rolling stock do they have in mind, since loco-hauled MK3s and DVTs have never operated above 110mph? True, but the only difference between 110 and 125mph operation for any type of MK3 vehicle is the maintenance schedule. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |