Re: (NSW) - Dapto to Kiama Electrification

[Railway Rasputin II <bob@fastlink.com.au>]

Once again aus.rail is flying off and making wild assumptions.
Next you guys will have the 4GTs with wings and flying non stop runs to
England, using the airport line as a launch pad.

You are correct about the 4GTs being used to replace the Tullochs. 
However the powers that be might be changing that train thought because
we have been putting up a case not to get rid of all of them.
They are meant for surburban use. We do not have enough surburban
rollingstock.

rgds 

eikkert@my-deja.com wrote:
> 
> > remember though there are only 80 cars of G sets, translating into 10
> > trains of 8 cars each. If you want to run Wyong to Sydney trains only
> > on G sets I reckon u'd need 5 of them already, and Hornsby only has
> > around 56 cars (or 7 eight-car trains).
> 
> I thought G7 made it 84 carriages. WRT Dave's idea, they used to do
> pretty much all the mid afternoon and peak Port services from Sydney
> with G sets but then they cahnged so the G sets ran some Dapto trains.
> Because of this, a few V sets venture into Port Kembla. I don't know why
> they did this.
> 
> > 80 Millennium carriages isn't a lot, I say they'll order another 120
> > within another year (whether they are delivered quick enough or not
> > that's another thing).
> 
> They have to "evaluate" them first. Wasn't this a order for 84 carriages
> and if they prove successful an additional option may be exercised.
> 
> I thought the M sets were for Suburban use (replacing the toulloch
> cars). I would be MOST annoyed if the M sets were placed on Port
> services. It would mean they were the same as suburban services and
> they're obviously NOT.
> 
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