Re: [NSW] Concord West down platforms digging work

["Hubert Lam" <hubert@imap4.com>]

another classic example of StateRail efficiency


"Ken" <kc3302@ihug.com.au> wrote in message
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> 10 car U sets were common on Northern services in the mid 80's.
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> 10 car V sets were operated for a while (approx 1987-88) on peak hour
> Central Coast services. They then realised that they did not fit on any
> platform other than Sydney Terminal and went to the effort of extending
> platforms at Gosford, Woy Woy & Hornsby. Then almost as soon as these
> platforms were extended, they stopped operating 10 car sets.
>
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> "Paul Jones" <dj_wiseguy2@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> > 10 car v sets??? and I thought that the Indian Pacific was long.....
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> > Paul Jones
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> > David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
> > 38A5362A.968D51C0@ozemail.com.au">news:38A5362A.968D51C0@ozemail.com.au...
> > > Hubert Lam wrote:
> > >
> > > > Have there been 10 car trains at all?
> > > >
> > > > I've never seen one!
> > >
> > > 10 car V and U sets used to be regularly tabled.
> > >
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> > > --
> > > David Johnson
> > > trainman@ozemail.com.au
> > > http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/
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> > > These comments are made in a private
> > > capacity and do not represent the
> > > official view of State Rail.
> > > C.O.W.S. Page 11.
> > >
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