From: gl4317@yahoo.com   
      
   In article ,   
    Clark F Morris  wrote:   
      
   > relatively flat terrain.   Could they be allowed higher speeds in the   
   > curves because of the lower weight and forces on the track/  This   
   > experiment could lead to better locomotives for higher speed   
   > equipment.   
      
      
   E units are still in the 315,000 lbs range.   
      
   What we need is someone to write a set of specifications that really   
   pushes the envelope a little.  The current method of looking at what has   
   been done in the past, and then setting the sights too low based on   
   that, isn't getting us particularly great equipment.   
      
   I was thinking that Nippon-Sharyo's DMU for Sonoma-Marin in California   
   might be a better starting point.  It would have less horsepower, but   
   vastly less weight.   
      
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