Re: [NSW] Tangara vs Millennium

[David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>]

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)....

It was $3000 per pane IIRC.  That means $6000 per window, or $48000 per car for
the upper deck windows.  You haven't taken into account the cost of the new
windows which would probably be in the order of $1000 per pane, or $16000 per
car.


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