Re: Union Selling Out Yet Again.

["Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au>]

"Dave Proctor"
> "Tezza"
>
> > That's $35 per annum to put up with non-airconditioned cabs in Sydney
> which has stifling humidity at 25degrees. Good on ya RTBU, see you at
election
> time.
>
> I seem to remember being blasted in here for complaining about them not
> retrofitting A/C to the early K-sets about two years ago - was told Sydney
> is not that bad, that A/C is not essential (glad to see SillyRail eventually
> changed their mind).
>
> What is the expected lifespan of the S sets? Would it be cost-effective to
> air-condition the cabs?


The red rattlers were about 65/70 years old when they finally got rid of them.