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    • RTT_Rules posted
    Posted in New South Wales » XPT Replacement Discussion

    Frankly, after the experiences QR has had with the Cairns Tilt Train, conventional locomotive hauled passenger sets would be far cheaper to build, more reliable, more flexible, more robust in level crossing collisions and probably just as effective in maintaing community needs.
    The CTT loco complied with the suitable crash standards and what evidence is there to suggest had the loco been a 2800 the drivers would have survived? Had the same accident occurred further south in EMU or RTT territory (Shorncliff Line incident comes to mind) the outcome is unlikely to have been any different and the design would not have come in question. Victorian LX incidents have also shown that loco hauled sets are not immune to trucks on tracks causing deaths.

    Regarding the reliability of the CTT. I have not heard anything in this area so will not comment, but its a very small scale production of a unique design so issues are to be expected.

    Going a stock standard loco hauled train is doing the opposite of most of the rest of the world so you really need to ask why and especially since its locos hauling small trains weighing less than 250t.

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    Edited 31 Mar 2015 00:52, 6 years ago, edited by RTT_Rules

    Frankly, after the experiences QR has had with the Cairns Tilt Train, conventional locomotive hauled passenger sets would be far cheaper to build, more reliable, more flexible, more robust in level crossing collisions and probably just as effective in maintaing community needs.
    Sulla1
    The CTT loco complied with the suitable crash standards and what evidence is there to suggest had the loco been a 2800 the drivers would have survived? Had the same accident occurred further south in EMU or RTT territory (Shorncliff Line incident comes to mind) the outcome is unlikely to have been any different and the design would not have come in question. Victorian LX incidents have also shown that loco hauled sets are not immune to trucks on tracks causing deaths.

    Regarding the reliability of the CTT. I have not heard anything in this area so will not comment, but its a very small scale production of a unique design so issues are to be expected.

    Going a stock standard loco hauled train is doing the opposite of most of the rest of the world so you really need to ask why and especially since its locos hauling small trains weighing less than 250t.

    Edited 31 Mar 2015 00:52, 6 years ago, edited by RTT_Rules

    Frankly, after the experiences QR has had with the Cairns Tilt Train, conventional locomotive hauled passenger sets would be far cheaper to build, more reliable, more flexible, more robust in level crossing collisions and probably just as effective in maintaing community needs.
    Sulla1
    The CTT loco complied with the suitable crash standards and what evidence is there to suggest had the loco been a 2800 the drivers would have survived? Had the same accident occurred further south in EMU or RTT territory (Shorncliff Line incident comes to mind) the outcome is unlikely to have been any different and the design would not have come in question. Victorian LX incidents have also shown that loco hauled sets are not immune to trucks on tracks causing deaths.

    Regarding the reliability of the CTT. I have not heard anything in this area so will not comment, but its a very small scale production of a unique design so issues are to be expected.