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Re: AD - NSW New V Set Pics on my website
- Subject: Re: AD - NSW New V Set Pics on my website
- From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>
- Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2000 12:44:12 +1100
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- References: <3a239488$1@news.iprimus.com.au> <3A265E07.44B8BE83@ozemail.com.au> <hRAV5.28321$IP1.844051@news1.giganews.com>
- Reply-To: trainman@ozemail.com.au
- Xref: bclass.spectrum.com.au aus.rail:25949
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.
--
David Johnson
trainman@ozemail.com.au
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/
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