Re: 4D here to stay (VIC)

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

"David Bromage" <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in message
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> David McLoughlin (davemclNOSPAM@iprolink.co.nz) wrote:
> > Chester See wrote:
> > >
> > > I recently spoke to a friend of mine who works for Cityrail, and he
says
> > > that the 4D is definitely not going up to Sydney.  He says that there
is no
> > > use having another "Tangara Like" train that requires heaps of
adjustments
> > > to suit Sydney's tracks.
>
> > Not to mention the different gauge.
>
> Changing the bogies is the least of the problems. As has been said here
> many times over the years, tehre are numerous electrical and structural
> differences.

None of which would be all that problematic if it was always operated as a
four car set - Newcastle to Morisset maybe, or Carlingford yo-yo's?

The only way it would be a problem is the different spares and engineering
know-how behind servicing it.

Dave