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  2. Tilt Train - Wikipedia

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    Tilt Train is the name for two similar high-speed tilting train services, one electric and the other diesel, operated by Queensland Rail. They run on the North Coast line from Brisbane to Rockhampton (electric) and Cairns (diesel). Services commenced in 1998. The name Tilt Train often refers to the electric train service between Brisbane and ...

  3. Spirit of Queensland - Wikipedia

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    Spirit of Queensland. The Spirit of Queensland is a Queensland Rail long distance passenger rail service. It is operated by a diesel-powered Tilt Train that runs five times a week on the North Coast line between Brisbane and Cairns, a distance of 1,681 kilometres (1,045 mi). [3] At the start of 2015, it replaced the diesel-hauled train The ...

  4. Electric Tilt Train - Wikipedia

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    Regenerative electric and electro-pneumatic disc brakes. Track gauge. 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) The Electric Tilt Train is the name for two identical high-speed tilting trains operated by Queensland Rail for the Tilt Train service on the North Coast line from Brisbane to Rockhampton which entered service in November 1998.

  5. Diesel Tilt Train - Wikipedia

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    160 km/h (99 mph) Prime mover (s) German MTU. Transmission. Hydraulic. Track gauge. 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) The Diesel Tilt Train is the name for three high-speed tilting trains, operated by Queensland Rail on the North Coast line from Brisbane to Cairns as part of its Spirit of Queensland service.

  6. Rail electrification in Queensland - Wikipedia

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    3900 class on the North Coast line in 1989 Tilt Train in January 2006. In 1986, the Queensland government announced it had deferred the electrification of the Abbot Point to Newlands line and would instead electrify the Caboolture to Gladstone section (469 km) of the North Coast line connecting the Brisbane and Central Queensland electrified ...

  7. High-speed rail in Australia - Wikipedia

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    The Australian rail speed record is presently held by Queensland Rail's Electric Tilt Train, which achieved 210 km/h during a test run on 23 May 1999. It remains the only time a train in Australia has exceeded 200 km/h. Modifications to the tracks were required to achieve the record speed.

  8. Rockhampton railway station - Wikipedia

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    Rockhampton railway station is located on the North Coast line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the city of Rockhampton. It is the terminus of the electrified section of line from Brisbane. The line north of the station runs along the middle of Denison Street in a single track. Rockhampton is an important transport hub in the Central ...

  9. Tilting train - Wikipedia

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    A tilting train is a train that has a mechanism enabling increased speed on regular rail tracks. As a train (or other vehicle) rounds a curve at speed, objects inside the train experience centrifugal force. This can cause packages to slide about or seated passengers to feel squashed by the outboard armrest, and standing passengers to lose their ...

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