Re: [NSW] C4/C7

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

Not at all. The "un-citydeckered" black plate would been covered by the
yellow-orange paint on the fibreglass. I believe no C sets have allocations
to sector 3 these days anyway.

the train ran via main north to


Eric Cartman <erk_cartman@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Maybe it is a hangover from the days when the C's were allocated to sector
3
> (hence the black target plate). Sector 3 target plates were (and maybe
still
> are) directly attached to the body of the carriage rather than in a target
> plate holder (as occurrs on sectors 12,4). I believe this was to prevent
> theft/loss of target plates.
>
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>
> >Yesterday I got on C7 (as it said on the black patch on the fibreglass)
but
> >it also had C4 on the blue plate!  (train was the "guaranteed C set",
from
> >North Sydney to Hornsby at around 1.40pm)
> >
> >What is the whole idea of having 2 targets?
> >
> >Plus there seems to be a whole lot more 8-car C sets these days. What is
> >going on?
> >
> >
>
>