Re: [NSW] AC traction motors for Tangara's?

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au>]

"David Johnson" <trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> Dave Proctor wrote:
>
> > "Hubert Lam" <hubert@imap4.com> wrote in message
> > 3916a9d4$0$31539@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au">news:3916a9d4$0$31539@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au...
> > > yes, 60 cars out of something like 400, that's a lot wasn't it?!?
> > >
> > > the whole HK fleet was ALREADY air conditioned in 1980, not like our K
> > sets needing another
> > > $10million to air condition the remaining 80 or so cars
> >
> > Single deck carriages are a lot easier to air-condition than double deck
> > carriages. The U-sets were relatively easy to air-condition in 1969 when
> > they were being built, as they were longer so there was ample room for
the
> > control equipment to be located alongside the air-conditioning unit.
>
> Um...  I assume you are referring to the trains which later became known
as the
> V sets?

That is correct. At the time of their introduction, they were U sets.

Dave