Re: [NSW] Tangara vs Millennium

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

I hope the outer suburban thing has died with the Tangaras.
You can't put toilets in suburban trains without the morons attacking
them.

rgds

Hubert Lam wrote:
> 
> of course, the 3 points below are obvious advantages of the new
> design--if $3000 can be saved for each upper deck pane then multiply
> that by 8 per Tangara car and multiply that by [384 + 80]  (the
> approximate number of Tangara cars)....
> 
> approximately $11.1 million would have been saved.
> 
> On the other hand what might be the major downsides to the Millennium
> i) operation wise
> ii) passenger wise?
> 
> I remember hearing something in this NG that something in the Millennium
> makes it unnecessarily heavy, it coul;d have been the on board indicator
> equipment but am unsure. please enlighten me on this one!
> 
> could even put toilets into another 80 new cars to make them "Outer
> Suburban Millenniums"! Or even more, replace the V set with the
> Millennium! (sorry diehard V set fans. i just feel completely annoyed
> today. please forgive me!!!)
> 
> David Johnson got bored on Thu, 22 Jun 2000 00:06:21 +1000 and so wrote
> the following:
> 
>           Hubert Lam wrote:
> 
>           > unfortunately the "skylight" part of the T and G sets will
> not be on the
>           > Millennium trains. That's one part of the new trains that I
> might have a
>           > little complaint about--decreased natural lighting
> 
>           It will also:
>           1) make them lighter (less heavy)
>           2) reduce cost (~$3,000 per upper deck pane for Tangarbage)
>           3) assist A/C in summer