TRAIN SPEEDS
"■ HIGHER RATE SAFE.’ An -extract from the report, of the Royal Oommiseion on Railways runs as follows: , > The- maximum speed allowed varies from 25 miles per hour on a five-chain curve to 50’ jfiiles per hour,’ on the straight, but the general instruction as to- speeds (miles per hour) , is- as follows: ", f On curves 12 to 15 chains radius—express and passenger 35, mixed 30, goods 25. , ’ On curves 9. to 11 chains radixm—express and passenger 80, mixed 25, goods 20. , ■ : On curves less than ;• 9 chains radiusexpress and passenger 25, ihixfld 25 goods '2O 1 ' In his evidencfTree chief engineer said that tfie trains eoififi r. with safe-tv at a higher fate of .speed-,thafiwas the css© to-day, ..but. h© had,i.not-been approached in l the; motteb by either? the locomotive:'department or^' the traffic departnient. ’ 1 • ■ ■ •
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New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 12021, 26 December 1924, Page 11
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137TRAIN SPEEDS New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 12021, 26 December 1924, Page 11
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