DB Schenker to run 125 mph services in 2011?

woody

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DB Schenker to run 125 mph services in 2011?

« 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?


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willc

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Re: DB Schenker to run 125 mph services in 2011?

« Reply #1 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.


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eightf48544

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Re: DB Schenker to run 125 mph services in 2011?

« Reply #2 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.


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qwerty

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Re: DB Schenker to run 125 mph services in 2011?

« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2010, 12:01:17 »

Quote from: 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?

True, but the only difference between 110 and 125mph operation for any type of MK3 vehicle is the maintenance schedule.


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