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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by tpatrick Forgive me if I am repeating something from a few pages back. I read the first page and fast-forwarded to the end. But I would be surprised if the German speed was not Kph rather than Mph. The whole continent long ago went metric and I think a 48 mph freight would be more believable than an 80 mph freight. Distances between German cities are not that great, so higher speeds would not justify the cost . If I am wrong and German freights really do make 80 Mph, please dump on me with everything you've got. [/quote] The 80 MPH is not a typo. The axle loading on European railways especially in the UK are practically toy trainlike (meaning very very light)when compared to North American practice. Alot of the equipment is designed for high speed, most of the motive power is high HP electrics for everything, the freights have to move fast to keep out the way the of the the frequent high speed passenger (even low priorty passenger trains run at 200+ KPH or 120 MPH), so can't have a big speed differentialon the those high speed multitrack mainlines it would gum up the works.
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