Re: Re: [NSW] Tangara vs Millennium

["trendy rechauffé" <trendy_rechauffe@start.com.au>]

Some of the 2nd series cars are not much older than series 1 cars:

Series 1 cars were built between April 72 and July 73. Series 2 cars were
from November 73to May 80.

bye tr

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Hubert Lam <hubert@imap4.com> wrote in message
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> series 2 Comeng cars are much newer compared to the series 1. but of
> course that depends on where the train itself belongs.
>
> I have a slight suspicion that sector 3 comeng cars would last at least
> a few years longer than their sector 2 equivalents.
>
> trendy rechauffé got bored on Sat, 24 Jun 2000 22:16:33 +1000 and so
> wrote the following:
>
>
>           Eric Cartman <erkV69@erk.au.com> wrote in message
>           39540a1a@news.iprimus.com.au">news:39540a1a@news.iprimus.com.au...
>           > 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).
>
>           It's not just the Tulloch trailers that are going to be
> replaced. Some of
>           the 1st series standard Commonwealth Engineering power cars
> are going to be
>           withdrawn as well, as they are falling apart.
>
>           Hope at least one example is preserved.
>
>           This leads to another point: If the early double deckers are
> at the end of
>           their useful life, that would mean the 2nd series Comeng cars
> would not be
>           far behind. So unless they were built tougher, a lot of
> replacement
>           carriages would need to be built within the next 10 years or
> so.
>
>           bye tr
>
>           trendy's trainpage:
>           www.geocities.com/trendy_rechauffe
>
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