Re: [NSW] S set air condition trial

["Rod Gayford" <rjaygee@eisa.net.au>]

As Far as I recall these cars were designed for a life span of 40 to 45
years. This thread has me intrigued as there is are no actual details as to
how these cars are to be air-conditioned.  I think it is a good idea as
Sydney has fallen behind Perth and Brisbane with an all air-conditioned
fleet, although they had the advantage of starting from scratch.  However,
the V sets were built at the same time as the S sets and they were
air-conditioned although I suspect different philosophies applied to inter
urban and suburban set then no doubt as the inter urban runs were thought as
of being more prestigious.  Now the interurban runs are just extended
suburban runs and shouldn't receive any better consideration then the
suburban service. They probably lose more money on the interurban runs. To
throw the cat amongst the chickens they should pull the XPT's off the losing
North Coast runs and use them to run an up market fast Newcastle service.
Cheers
Rod Gayford

"trendy rechauffé" <trendy_rechauffe@start.com.au> wrote in message
Aiqy4.44958$3b6.193834@ozemail.com.au">news:Aiqy4.44958$3b6.193834@ozemail.com.au...
> I doubt they would spend any more money on the S sets as most of the cars
> wouldn't even have 10 years life left. Although knowing the railways, they
> will strech the service life out as long as possible, maybe till the cars
> are 40 years old.
>
> bye tr
>
> Hubert Lam <hubert@imap4.com> wrote in message
> 8acdfp$nh4$1@news1.mpx.com.au">news:8acdfp$nh4$1@news1.mpx.com.au...
> > So it's not another pre-Olympics "beautification" project :-)
> >
> > "Neil D B" <anb727@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > 8abse3$55l$1@nnrp1.deja.com">news:8abse3$55l$1@nnrp1.deja.com...
> > > In article <8aa4ll$brq$1@news1.mpx.com.au>,
> > >   "Hubert Lam" <hubert@imap4.com> wrote:
> > > > Which sector are they being trialled in and which cars/set are being
> > > > trialled?
> > > >
> > > >
> > >  Dunno, youll have to wait until I think its May or June next year
> > > until the first one is being trialled to find out. Thats according to
> > > the Public Transport Unions newsletter.
> > > --
> > > CityRail driver, and big fan of HO and 5", 71/4" guage trains.
> > > My opinions are from myself and I do not represent any company,
person,
> > > animal, object.
> > >
> > >
> > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > > Before you buy.
> >
> >
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