Re: [Melb] 6 car trains

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

"Daniel Bowen" <dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au> wrote in message
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> "John Dennis" <jdennis@acslink.net.au> wrote in message
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> > In article <923ilf$iu$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
> >   James C. <james_ccj@my-deja.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hopefully those up coming new Alstom/Siemens trains can stand extreme
> > > heat weather we got down here every summer.
> >
> > I think you should explain "extreme heat" to those who don't live
> > "down here".  There are many who believe that Sydney is hotter than
> > Melbourne.
>
> IIRC, it reached 38.6 on Thursday before the cool change. I remember one
day
> a few years ago when it got to 43.

Try standing on a Rebound Ace tennis court when it is 42° - it is typically
around 5° hotter on court.

Dave