Long passenger trains (was: Dangers of High Speed Trains Pushed from the Rear)

[Ulf Kutzner]

randee schrieb:
>
> When I last rode it with the 'winter' consist, there were about 22-24
> cars. I understand in the summer it can have up to 28 cars (standard 85
> foot (~25m) car).
> --
> wf.
>
> Ulf Kutzner wrote:
> >
> > > With the possible exception of the auto train, I believe VIA's
> > > transcontinental train is the longest passenger train in North America.
> >
> > How long is it?

So, still shorter than the Ghan.

Regards & X-post, ULF

[Les Brown]

On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 11:39:01 +0100, Ulf Kutzner <kutz...@mail.uni-mainz.de>
wrote:

Don't know for how much longer. GSR plan to double the services into Darwin
during the peak season and thus run shorter trains. Apparently Darwin is
having problems coping with one very large train load of people arriving in
town on Tuesday nights.....

See:
http://au.news.yahoo.com/041018/21/r9kh.html

Les Brown

[Paul Clare]

"Les Brown" <l...@REMOVEbrownfam.com.au> wrote in message
news:9l6pp0dji39fk0kg8...@4ax.com...

> See:
> http://au.news.yahoo.com/041018/21/r9kh.html
>
> Les Brown

Territory Chief Minister Clare Martin says 6,000 extra passengers are
expected to come to Darwin as a result of the expansion.

"It's good to hear in Darwin that the hotels find that, you know, the night
the Ghan comes in and the other one leaves, that they're full bookings," she
said.

Good to see that use of clear, lucid English is not a pre-requisite for a
Chief Minister!

P C

[Paul Westcott]

Paul Clare wrote:
> "Les Brown" wrote in message

>>See:
>>http://au.news.yahoo.com/041018/21/r9kh.html

>>
>
>
> Territory Chief Minister Clare Martin says 6,000 extra passengers are
> expected to come to Darwin as a result of the expansion.
>
> "It's good to hear in Darwin that the hotels find that, you know, the night
> the Ghan comes in and the other one leaves, that they're full bookings," she
> said.
>
> Good to see that use of clear, lucid English is not a pre-requisite for a
> Chief Minister!

You have to realise that she used to be a journalist :-)

Paul Westcott

[Les Brown]

On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 14:58:40 -0000, "Paul Clare" <moc.evresupmoc@eralc_luap>
wrote:

Most top-enders know little else apart from VB, anything else is
superfluwou.., superflouou, sooperfluwouw, ahh bum, you know, useless.

Les Brown

[David Bromage]

Les Brown wrote:
> Most top-enders know little else apart from VB, anything else is
> superfluwou.., superflouou, sooperfluwouw, ahh bum, you know, useless.

And you know how they count up there: "One, two, little mob, big mob."

Cheers
David

[randee]

I believe so, from what I have read of the Ghan. Perhaps a Canadian
reader can confirm this, but I am under the impression they do not run
more than 28 cars on the Canadian in the summer. I do not really know
how the terrain compares between the route of the Ghan and the Canadian,
but I suspect the Canadian may have the steeper grades. I wonder how
the on-board services compare? They used to be somewhat better on the
Canadian when it was run by Canadian Pacific; then again, at that time
it only had about 12 cars or so. If it were not such a long flight to
Australia, I would ride the Ghan sometime.

Cheers.

[Ulf Kutzner]

Les Brown schrieb:

> >So, still shorter than the Ghan.
> >
> Don't know for how much longer. GSR plan to double the services into Darwin
> during the peak season and thus run shorter trains. Apparently Darwin is
> having problems coping with one very large train load of people arriving in
> town on Tuesday nights.....

That would have been my next question ;-)

Regards, ULF

[duff...@nospam.com]

Paul Westcott
<p_gwe...@REMOVETOREPLYoptusnet.com.au> wrote:

Our mouthy Chief Minister used to work for the ABC in
Darwin and always carried the flag for Labor, just like
so many other ABC "journalists".

T.

[Ulf.K...@web.de]

Am Donnerstag, 18. November 2004 14:00:15 UTC+1 schrieb Les Brown:

> >> When I last rode it with the 'winter' consist, there were about 22-24
> >> cars. I understand in the summer it can have up to 28 cars (standard 85
> >> foot (~25m) car).
> >> --
> >> wf.
> >>
> >> Ulf Kutzner wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > With the possible exception of the auto train, I believe VIA's
> >> > > transcontinental train is the longest passenger train in North America.
> >> >
> >> > How long is it?
> >
> >
> >So, still shorter than the Ghan.
> >
> Don't know for how much longer. GSR plan to double the services into Darwin
> during the peak season and thus run shorter trains. Apparently Darwin is
> having problems coping with one very large train load of people arriving in
> town on Tuesday nights.....
>
> See:
> http://au.news.yahoo.com/041018/21/r9kh.html

You will see here, in German language,
Ghan Trains with 42 cars which use three platforms
at Adelaide...

https://www.welt.de/mediathek/dokumentation/technik-und-wissen/sendung161308218/The-Ghan-Der-Outbackexpress.html

Regards, ULF