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Re: Comeng/Budd licences
- Subject: Re: Comeng/Budd licences
- From: The Railway Rasputin II <bob@fastlink.com.au>
- Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 14:46:20 +1100
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Customer of Telstra Big Pond Direct
- References: <l2hB4.349$p53.545513@news0.optus.net.au>
- Xref: bclass.spectrum.com.au aus.rail:4089
Series 2 S sets have both plates on them, so when were they built?
197*?
rgds
David Bromage wrote:
>
> Comeng used many engineering techniques under licence from Budd. A notable
> example is fluted steel flooring to maintain strength while reducing
> weight. The Indian Pacific cars were the first in Australia to use this
> technique.
>
> The IP cars and many other Comeng products were marked "Made under licence
> from the Budd Car Company". I think this continued until at least the
> first batch of V sets.
>
> Does anybody know when Comeng stopped putting this on their products? An
> examination of different batches of rollingstock should give a rough
> answer.
>
> Cheers
> David