Re: [NSW] "The River"

[Robert Harris <bob@fastlink.com.au>]

Tangara blocks and the 2 car units of K and C sets (not the 4 car
blocks) basicly stay together 99% of the time. They get broken up for
major overhauls and if a car has been in an accident. 

rgds

Jonathan Boles wrote:
> 
> How (semi) permanently are the Tangarbages, C sets and K sets coupled?
> 
> Erk <erk@erkV69.au.com> wrote in article <39eeb3c5@news.iprimus.com.au>...
> > All you needed to say is that it was a 4 car V set instead of a 2 car set.
> > Also, cars are not rostered according to the colour of their front end. The
> > trailer cars with cabs on this service were specifdically upgraded for
> > services of this type and can work with any older V set power car (and maybe
> > the chopper V's, not sure on this one - they maybe semi permanmently in
> > pairs like the Garbages).
> >
> >
> > It is very unusual to have odd numbers of cars. Garbages were specifically
> > designed to be 4 cars. Each D car (car with cab and panto) has a trailer (N
> > car) semi permanmently coupled to it.
> >
> > I'm sure some people with more knowledge (the "usual suspects") will tell
> > you why this is the case because I don't know.
> >
> > --
> > Eric
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> > erk@erkV69.au.com
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> > maikha_l@hotmail.com wrote in message <8smaj3$gmk$1@nnrp1.deja.com>...
> > ||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.
> > |
> > |
> > |Cheers
> > |Maikha "V" Ly
> > |http://www.geocities.com.microchip_689
> > |
> > |P.S. Is it possible to have an odd number of carriages on a normal set,
> > |3car VSETs,  5 car Gsets?
> > |
> > |
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