Re: Newcastle [NSW] 620-720 sets II

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

"James C" <noemail@emailsux.com> wrote in message
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> Roderick Smith <rodsmith@werple.net.au> wrote in message
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> > Thanks to earlier posters, I now have the roster: more sets & trains
> > than I had expected.
> I missed the roster reply, can you repost it here?
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> > How many sets are in use (at least five).
> according to Jane's world railway there are 5-2 car sets. But ARA's 2000
> yearbook written SRA owns 67 railcars, if you take out the number of
> Explorers (21 IIRC) and Endeavours (28 IIRC ) that leaves you with 18
> railcars.

30 Endeavours (formed into 15 two-car sets) plus 21 Xplorers, gives 51 of
these type cars - so, baes on Janes, there are 16 "other" type cars, which
amounts to 8 two car sets of 620-class.

Dave