Railway Questions: Asia

last SG · 2010-06-01T13:42:01+00:00

For some, if not all of the HK MTR lines are uses overhead cantary wires to power, does that mean if the above ground sector is experiencing Heavy Rain with...

NickLim™ SG

If it is 25kV, then it is French standard. The Germanic lands use 15kV(Austria, Germany, Switzerland)...

French locos? Metre gauge can run up to 200kmph safely. It probably is just the loco that generates the instability(rarefaction of rear carriages). Tilting trains would help a lot in this situation. Italian Pendolinos?

But Pendolino like got a lot of problems leh, sometimes some coaches won't tilt. Anyway they've got ETS already, or Electric Train Sets from your country.

NickLim™ SG

If it is 25kV, then it is French standard. The Germanic lands use 15kV(Austria, Germany, Switzerland)...

But Pendolino like got a lot of problems leh, sometimes some coaches won't tilt. Anyway they've got ETS already, or Electric Train Sets from your country.

Interception_7 SG

82 class on Rawang-Rasa shuttle last time 120km/h shiok haha. ETS will get 140km/h operating speed limit, although while testing they got it up to 161 or something.

Cool, but that all depends on track conditions though. Don't tell me want to have 120km/h from Gemas to Tumpat. That'll be the best day of my life.

NickLim™ SG

Cool, but that all depends on track conditions though. Don't tell me want to have 120km/h from Gemas to Tumpat. That'll be the best day of my life.

Nah. But from Padang Besar to Johor Bahru next time can.

Fryderyk HPH SG

But Pendolino like got a lot of problems leh, sometimes some coaches won't tilt. Anyway they've got ETS already, or Electric Train Sets from your country.

True... Pendolinos do have a bit of problems...

I don't think there are many manufacturers who produces locos, carriages, or EMUs for metre gauge right?

NickLim™ SG

True... Pendolinos do have a bit of problems...

I don't think there are many manufacturers who produces locos, carriages, or EMUs for metre gauge right?

Only the bogies are affected what.

Fryderyk HPH SG

Only the bogies are affected what.

Nope.
You must also consider the facts that carriages are wider in standard gauge/broad gauge compared to narrow gauges(metre gauge and cape gauge).

Centre-balance must be very carefully calculated.

NickLim™ SG

Nope.
You must also consider the facts that carriages are wider in standard gauge/broad gauge compared to narrow gauges(metre gauge and cape gauge).

Centre-balance must be very carefully calculated.

Well, KTM's Blue Tiger locomotives were originally for standard gauge. Singapore MRT trains have the width of a broad gauge train (3.2m, while broad gauge uses 3.25m-wide coaches).

Fryderyk HPH SG

I was just thinking...

Is it feasible, if when SMRT decides to sell of their C151s, would it be possible to regauge them to metre gauge and sell to KTMB?

NickLim™ SG

I was just thinking...

Is it feasible, if when SMRT decides to sell of their C151s, would it be possible to regauge them to metre gauge and sell to KTMB?

No. First of all, the coaches would be too wide to fit into their platforms. KTM uses overhead catenary wires for electrification while SMRT uses third rail. They also have an operating speed of 80km/h, max 100km/h which is too slow for the railway up there.

Fryderyk HPH SG

Another question.
When KTM "retires" their coaches(do they even do that, or do they sell?), do they scrap them for metal or convert and refurbish the interiors to use them again?

I say the word "retire" in a generic form.

NickLim™ SG

Another question.
When KTM "retires" their coaches(do they even do that, or do they sell?), do they scrap them for metal or convert and refurbish the interiors to use them again?

I say the word "retire" in a generic form.

Scrap metal.

Fryderyk HPH SG

Another question.

I saw this train on wiki... Looks really similar to the Siemens Velaro design...

Especially the nose.
Is this a JV between Siemens and Hitachi?
It is the Class885 Kamome in JR Kyushu operating as Limited Express trains.

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