Yes, these are state-of-the-art Inter City trains coming in, many of them double deckers, built by a Bombardier plant in the German city of Aachen, near the Dutch border. The maximum speed for Inter City trains is at present 140 km/h but will soon be increased to 160 km/h. At present a big program of rail upgrading is being carried out in The Netherlands. And when it is completed, the maximum speed for Inter City may well be increased to 200 km/h. A High Speed line is also being built from Amsterdam to the Belgian border to connect with Brussels, Paris and London. Speeds will be 300 km/h or more on that line, to be used by the Thalys and TGV trains to these cities. A few years ago, some British and American ifp-built electric engines were phased out; the same happened with American built trams (street cars) in The Hague. So they could throw away lots of ifp-based tools. Good riddance. Trains and trams are now developed and built to metric specifications, except for 19 inch racks for computer and electronic equipment used on the trains. However, as the new metric racks should soon start to take over that can be dealt with as well, especially as the metric racks are smaller which should be an advantage.
Han ----- Original Message ----- From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, 2002-09-03 18:17 Subject: [USMA:22043] Re: Fwd: [A_A] "millimeter tolerance" 2002-09-03 Here is a killer from the same source which I provided a link for in USMA22038: Bm235 to NS Reizigers Type Bm235 2nd class compartment coaches which can run at 200kph............... I'd take a million km/hr over one kph. And on top of it, it is all run together, another yuck! John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, 2002-09-03 11:30 Subject: [USMA:22039] Re: Fwd: [A_A] "millimeter tolerance" Louis does know better. He was quoting from the document and making the point (too subtly for you, apparently) that it was incorrect. Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] <snip>
