Re: [NSW] Tangara vs Millennium

["Chris Downs" <cvdowns@ozemail.com.au>]

The ARHS Bulletin, Rolling Stock News (June '00) shows the Millennium cars
on order as 81 in total, ie 41 x D and 40 x N cars.  81 sounds more likely
with CityRail's experience with a couple of written off Tangara D cars.

The real answer to the rolling stock shortage issue will be - subject to the
Millennium cars proving themselves - State Rail taking up the option for the
further 120 cars (was this option included in the contract as initially
proposed?).  Then they can flog the Tulloch trailers off as accommodation.

And if the Millennium cars are as good as they should be they can order more
for PRL needs.

Chris

Eric Cartman <erkV69@erk.au.com> wrote in message
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> neety
>
> IIRC, 80 cars have been ordered with an option for more, basically to
> replace the Tulloch trailers (which would mean a reconfiguration of some
> sets, obviously). I think they would replace the older suburbans rather
than
> the V's at this stage. I think they may be as wide as a TGarbage but I
could
> be wrong.
>
> Keep in mind though, the Government look in at the 4GT trains through the
> window every Friday night but can never afford it. They have to live in
the
> now because they are torturing themselves (not the mid to late 1980's).
>
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> Anita Lukaszyk <neety@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> | Replace ALL the V sets with Millennium trains?
> |
> | Are these new trains Wide Body rolling stock?
> |
> | Hubert Lam wrote:
> | >
> | > 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!!!)
> |
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