Re: [NSW] "The River"

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

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> To all Ausrailers.
>
> Yesterday and today (like everyday for the last 2yrs) I'm always out at
> St Marys station in the afternoon at 4pm.
> Yesterday "The River" or else the St Marys to Wyong service, instead of
> a 2 car VSET (I think it's V90 something, probably 98) it was hauled by
> a 4car VSET with the kneeboard (Or the indicator board at the front of
> the train) facing in the forward direction. This 4car set was comprised
> of 2x2car VSETs both power cars.
>
> Today the 4car "River" continues but a bit different.
> The front of the train wasn't the usual "Yellow beak" but instead the
> orange,read and brown front, with the 2nd car a trailer that's in the
> shape of a driver car (In other words a former driver  car now
> converted to a trailer). The car behind this one (3rd from the front)
> was a driver one but had no colour front but a plain grey one.
> and finally the last of the 4 had nothing different than usual.
>
> Now I do understand my explanation of this 4car VSET may be a bit
> difficult to understand, but the main thing is, "The River" had 4cars,
> comprised of 2x 2car sets.

Sounds like a 4-car set, with the middle two cars (the trailer cars) being
converted cars from the 1970 series stock (numbered in the 92xx series).

Dave