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

Subject: Re: [NSW] AC traction motors for Tangara's?
From: Andrew Price <aprice@mail.dotcom.fr>
Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 13:06:45 +0200
Newsgroups: aus.rail,misc.transport.rail.australia-nz
Organization: SWW
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On Sat, 13 May 2000 11:32:00 +1000, Glenn J-B <grjb@ihug.com.au>
wrote:

>The Comet started in September 1937 and was the first  complete air-conditioned
>train to run in Australia.

Technical question: do you know how these pre-war air-conditioning
units worked, i.e. were there rotary compressors driven off the
locomotive or the coach wheels, or was it more on the principle of a
gas fridge?

References:
- Re: [NSW] AC traction motors for Tangara's?
  - From: eikkert@my-deja.com
- Re: [NSW] AC traction motors for Tangara's?
  - From: matthew@mail.usyd.edu.au (Matthew Geier)
- Re: [NSW] AC traction motors for Tangara's?
  - From: "Chris Downs" <cvdowns@ozemail.com.au>
- Re: [NSW] AC traction motors for Tangara's?
  - From: "Hubert Lam" <hubert@imap4.com>
- Re: [NSW] AC traction motors for Tangara's?
  - From: "Jonathan Boles" <mousewithglasses@mail.com>
- Re: [NSW] AC traction motors for Tangara's?
  - From: "Hubert Lam" <hubert@imap4.com>
- Re: [NSW] AC traction motors for Tangara's?
  - From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>
- Re: [NSW] AC traction motors for Tangara's?
  - From: "Hubert Lam" <hubert@imap4.com>
- Re: [NSW] AC traction motors for Tangara's?
  - From: Jonathan Lau <jonlau@ozemail.com.au>
- Re: [NSW] AC traction motors for Tangara's?
  - From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>
- Re: [NSW] AC traction motors for Tangara's?
  - From: "Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au>

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