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  1. Newsgroups: rec.railroad
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!titan!trlluna!bruce.cs.monash.edu.au!monu6!yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au!brom
  3. From: brom@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (David Bromage)
  4. Subject: 79mph
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan28.011343.6443@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
  6. Sender: news@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Usenet system)
  7. Organization: Monash University
  8. X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
  9. Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 01:13:43 GMT
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  13. Could somebody please explain why some US railroads limit their trains to
  14. the strange maximum speed of 79mph? I assume it has something to do with
  15. the legal requirements of running at 80mph and above.
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  17. Thanks in advance
  18. David Bromage
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