Re: MML HST's to be stood down - per RAIL magazine

On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 19:31:21 UTC, jonporter1052@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

:
: Ian Johnston wrote:
:
: > On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 17:12:36 UTC, jonporter1052@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
: >
: > : 1. Underfloor dmu's are neither fuel efficient or maintenance efficient
: >
: > I bet they said that - the latter, at least - about compounding,
: > superheating, internal combustion, ...
:
: Speaking from experience Ian.

Of course, and I bow to it...

: Simple really, the 180s, 22x dmu's
: require more man hours,(a lot more!) use more fuel and have track
: access charges up to 40% more expensive per seat than the HST.

I'd be interested to see what happens to maintenance costs over the
years - any new technology is almost bound to need more work at the
start.

: > Tee hee. Perhaps the old TPO mailbag transfer technology could be
: > adapted to catch flying pigs?
:
: Perhaps you could do with working with people that have a bit of
: vision, as well as practical experience of designing, building,
: re-building and operating trains such as Eurostars, IC225s, and HST's.

So how likely to ypu think it is that we'll see large scale
electrification within the next twenty years or so. And if we do,
won't there be other uses for the diesel trains displaced? After all,
wonderful old BR could have stuck an electric locomotive and DVT on
the ECML HSTs...

: Unfortunately you've only managed to associate yourself with failed
: technical innovations such as XC in it's current form. So I forgive
: your lack of faith.

What's failed about it from my point of view? I get more numerous
trains, more rapid trains and more comfortable trains, Sure, it upsets
the acne cases with notebooks, but that's not really a technical
problem, is it?

Ian
.

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