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You have to wonder.... by JimK2006-11-19 12:55:59
  My sympathies tend to lie with by hieraco 2005-03-16 07:00:09
the poor comuters who were delayed for 2 hours and the driver who was replaced.
One question; is it common in the UK/EU to measure train speed in knots? I thought that only applied to ships and aircraft.
[ Reply ]
    It was indicated in mph in the article. by Esteis2005-03-16 07:09:59
      And for a train, 80mph is ... nothing by sCiSSors2005-03-16 07:20:19
        don't forget this is the UK you are talking about by buzzin2005-03-16 07:33:40
          The Inter Citys normal speed is 125MPH/200kPH by wheresthefish2005-03-16 07:42:42
            hmm...I need to update my books :p (n/t) by buzzin2005-03-16 07:44:55
            The trains aren't that fast around there by defiler2005-03-16 07:45:57
            things must be different there by MatthewDBA2005-03-16 08:10:27
    'A rate of knots' is a colloquialism for fast. (n/ (n/t) by JimK2005-03-16 07:11:24
    Don't know UK, but EU uses METRIC by sCiSSors2005-03-16 07:14:00
      I'm pretty sure that all international by JimK2005-03-16 07:26:42
        Well, I knever bought knots by sCiSSors2005-03-16 07:33:43
        The Russians use metres and km/h, I believe by defiler2005-03-16 07:41:21

 

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