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Re: Hillside Trains 4D
- Subject: Re: Hillside Trains 4D
- From: Sam Eades <eadess@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 11:47:30 +1000
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Melbourne PC User Group Inc, Australia
- References: <3959f750$0$16999$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au> <395aa708.4127111@news.one.net.au>
- Xref: bclass.spectrum.com.au aus.rail:14241
Morphett wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Jun 2000 23:06:06 +1000, "Graeme Cleak"
> <gcleak@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>
> >The 4D set is rostered to return to traffic on Thursday 29 June, on the
> >traditional run of 07 29 Down BBN etc.
>
> Why was it out of service for so long (sitting at Bayswater)
Because there is only 1 of it, parts had to be specially ordered in, instead
of having a stockpile of them. When it broke down, parts were not ordered due
to cost, etc.