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Re: Best Suburban/interurban train???
- Subject: Re: Best Suburban/interurban train???
- From: Dion Williams <onamission@freemail.com.au>
- Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 14:56:18 +1000
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: CitizensOfTheUltraworld
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trendy rechauffé wrote:
> > When you look at it, the first V sets were designed around 1968/70 they
> were at
> > the forefrount of emu design. Over the years to 1989 the design was
> refined and
> > made even better. Which goes to show you that good design is timeless.
Like the Indian Pacific cars, they're just one of those design classics
that you just don't have to improve much. Even the original Blue Goose
cars look better than some of the Tangaras.
> Time for another plug! Have a look at trendy's trainpage:
> www.geocities.com/trendy_rechauffe
> to see how the V sets (DKM&Ts) could have looked if there wasn't a change
> in government before they were constructed.
Thank God they went for what they did, talk about the spawn of Satan!
Taking a look at some of the Tangara models, to my mind they managed to
pick the ugliest of the lot. The flat-end designs looked much better.
Dion