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- From: msb@sq.sq.com (Mark Brader)
- Subject: Canada enters the 100 mph club
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.054818.20833@sq.sq.com>
- Organization: SoftQuad Inc., Toronto, Canada
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 92 05:48:18 GMT
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- I was tempted to make the Subject line "Canada enters the 20th century".
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- The speed limit for VIA Rail's LRC trains ["Light, Rapid, Uncomfortable"]
- when running on Canadian National's Toronto-Montreal mainline has been
- raised from 95 mph to 100, according to the October issue of "Rail and
- Transit" (formerly the UCRS [Upper Canada Railway Society] Newsletter).
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- The increase applies to six sections of the 335-mile route, totaling
- about 244 miles. Most of the rest of the route has and retains a
- 95 mph limit. These limits refer to the zone maximum; there are
- various local restrictions for the usual reasons. There have also
- been increases in places east of Montreal, including another 100 mph
- section 18 miles long near Quebec City.
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- The government is concerned about "long-term safety considerations"
- and for now has approved the 100 mph running only temporarily, until
- the end of next July. R&T isn't more specific, but most likely this
- relates to the large number of level crossings.
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- The change has allowed Toronto-Montreal trains to be scheduled at
- 4 hours minus a minute, something not seen since the early days of
- Turbo operation in the late sixties and early seventies. Other LRC
- trains were also given faster timetables in October.
- --
- Mark Brader, SoftQuad Inc., Toronto | Rocket, 1829: The first 30 mph train.
- utzoo!sq!msb, msb@sq.com | TGV-A, 1989: The first 300 mph train.
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- This article is in the public domain.
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