Re: AD - NSW New V Set Pics on my website

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au>]

"David Johnson" <trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> Dave Proctor wrote:
>
> > "David Johnson" <trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
> > news:3A265E07.44B8BE83@ozemail.com.au...
> > >
> > > Originally built commencing from 1970 in conjunction with the
extension of
> > > electrification to Gosford, the double decked interurban sets (some of
the
> > > early carriages had non-vacuum
> > >       brakes so were known originally as U sets to identify them as
> > > different from the later vacuum braked trains - hence the name V set)
> > >
> > > ?????????
> >
> > Agreed - he has got it arse-about. The original DDIU's were targetted U,
> > since U was the designator for IU trains (no mucking about with
different
> > designators for different types back then - U for both DDIU and SDIU).
It is
> > the "V" sets that were targetted differently to distinguish them.
>
> But it had nothing to do with the brakes.  The vacuum infered to was to do
with
> the loos.

Did not see that bit (read it when tired).

Dave