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V/Line railcars
- Subject: V/Line railcars
- From: dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)
- Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 08:19:53 GMT
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Another Optus Customer
- Xref: bclass.spectrum.com.au aus.rail:10248
I heard along the grapevine that the new railcars for V/Line will be based
on the Deutsche Bahn 612 class. These are 160km/h tilting DMUs built by
Adtranz. The V/Line railcars will not be tilting, but will have provision
for it.
They look similar to the Xplorer/Endeavour, but have a slightly more
rounded nose. They have a Cummins engine they have is the later version of
that used in the Xplorers.
There is a good picture at
http://mercurio.iet.unipi.it/pix/de/diesel/dmu/612/612dlf2000.jpg
Cheers
David