Hi Andrew
On (16 Jul 97) Andrew Hamblyn wrote to Alec Cameron...
 AH> turbo-ing some GMDD built machines (sound very nice under load), but I
 AH> beleive
 AH> that it is standard practice in the US that almost every EMD post 1960 
was
 AH> built with a turbo in place??
A competent railfan friend in Sydney, tells me that many of the improvements
made here to XPT power cars, were later retrofitted to the InterCity 125 
ower
cars in UK. It seems that exhaust silencing is not one such improvement. An
XPT at full throttle is too darned quiet. I loved the loud shriek in UK, as
HSTs would exit the platform in a lively start.
 AH> thats the same here too... new passenger stock will be arriving soon....
 AH> good 
 AH> for 100-110km/hr, yet the locos are only good for 100 max (the springing 
 AH> combined with the shocking trackwork negates any chance of the driver
 AH> having a
 AH> nice ride.)
There are lots of good reasons why a loco driver has to suffer. Keeps him
awake, informs him of serious track defects and gives him a physical, tactile
response to excessive speed.
Cheers.......ALEC
... Life is one long process of getting tired
--- PPoint 1.92
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