Re: [Melb] So what's with the 4D??

[Tony Gatt <baulko@tig.com.au>]

Christopher_Martin GORDON wrote:

> : > Well,
> : >     the 4D managed a grand total of 4 days in revenue service (the first
> : > week of the year), but
> : > nothing since - that's 4 days since the middle of September!  What is
> : > (supposedly) wrong with it?  Is there REALLY a fault with it, or are
> : > drivers intentionally pushing it beyond its limits in an attempt to get
> : > rid of it, or is it incompetent maintenance personnel?  Surely if there
> : > is an ongoing problem, then some work-around can be done to solve the
> : > problem once and for all.
>
> : Hopefully it will be "resting" forever!
>
> What I think should be done is to sell some tickets for a special ride on the
> 4D, all arrive at Bayswater have a look around, hop onto the 4D and run to
> Newport (yes it can go down there slowly, and has been down there) then
> put it with all the other rollingstock slowly rotting away and then give
> as a tour of Newport before a train ride from the Garden platform back
> to Flinders Street.
>
> I would go for the "Last Trip" if they did something like that.
>

Actually, they could run to Brighton Beach, let passengers off, reverse for a
full speed photoshoot, and drive it thru the buffers into Port Phillip Bay..

I'd come down to Melbourne for that :)

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Tony Gatt.

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