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Re: C 8 cars.

Subject: Re: C 8 cars.
From: craigd@lios.apana.org.au (C. Dewick)
Date: 15 Apr 2000 06:20:25 GMT
Newsgroups: aus.rail,misc.transports.rail.australia-nz
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David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au> writes:

>Hubert Lam wrote:

>> C3589 was the first car of the tilt train. (just switch the "8" and "9" around) (I think that's it)

>No, it was the 5th car.  It was the only car with the active tilt mechaism enabled.

I thought it was the secret prototype of the new FreightCorp side-dumping
cattle (err, passenger!) cars for use during the Olympics to quickly empty
incoming trains of passengers... Gotta maintain that OnTimeRunning (aka
Olympic) spirit! 8-) Yeah right...

Regards,

Craig.

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References:
- C 8 cars.
  - From: Railway Rasputin II <bob@fastlink.com.au>
- Re: C 8 cars.
  - From: "Hubert Lam" <hubert@imap4.com>
- Re: C 8 cars.
  - From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>

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