...what is the top speed of a 92 class anyway. I'm not sure it is 120km/h anyway.
What's the speed of a 92 got to do with anything? Without digging my PN manuals out, from memory they were rated for 115 on suitable track.Someone mentioned about what if PN wanted to test a 92 up on this track that has a 120km/h speed limit. So if it can only do 115 and I suspect most Loco's have that limit or maybe 130 then what is anybody complaining about. I'm gathering there are plans to fix this issue so that 160km/h can be bought online again in the future.
Um, that was
me and it had
nothing whatsoever to do with
speed testing a 92, anywhere. IIRC, they're already rated for 115. It was to highlight the point that Goninans - or UGL if you prefer - took their then brand-new 92 Class out to
Culgoora of all places merely for
noise testing. Why go out there if they'll never be used there?
And while you may be correct in that neither they, not EDI have prototypes in the pipeline that would require high-speed testing, that's not to say they
won't in the future, so to use your argument
"Well, the Worm is the only thing that can go that fast, and it doesn't
go there, so why bother with the 160 noted in the RAS" is flawed. The 92's will likely never again venture out towards Wee Waa, yet they went there for testing.
ISTR Baan Baa being the trigger for the blanket speed reduction as well, but it was never noted as a recommendation in the OTSI report, and IIRC we were told it was a
RailCorp introduced requirement, not an ARTC one. And the only reason '43 (well, '23a back then) rolled over was the points for the silo immediately after the crossing were damaged. In the absence of those points unlocking under the train, there's every likelihood it would have stayed upright.