Re: S Sets & Airconditioners...

[Hubert Lam <hubert@imap4.com>]

In article <8t65ia$qei$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
  maikha_l@hotmail.com wrote:
> mmm....i've been very curious on this since!
> I have seen air conditioned Suburban trains with the sealed window (in
> other words, one that dosen't have any other windows you can pull open
> to let the outside air in) that are suppose to look like a C Set,
> instead having K set Target Plates!!!

That would've been a K set. Sealed windows is the first generation K
set whilst the hopper windows (currently glued!) are the second
generation (hope i'm correct)

>
> Today I went to the Paralympics (and it was excellent) and on the way
> home I travelled in an S Set, but the carriage I was in was air-con
and
> the windows were somehow to be "Glued" which we couldn't open.
> Also the vents at the Door were patched with metal plates.

You were in a K set again, but probably was a composite K/S set, with a
4-car S set at the front with 4 K set cars at the rear.



>
> Maikha "V" Ly
> http://www.geocities.com/microchip_689
>
> In article <39F5952F.E44DB70A@ozemail.com.au>,
>   trainman@ozemail.com.au wrote:
> > Glen O'Riley wrote:
> >
> > > What is the go with S sets having air conditioners installed? I
> presume the
> > > few I have seen would have to be air conditioned as they had
sealed
> windows
> > > like the new K set windows. Can't remember carriage numbers.
> >
> > None fitted that I know of.
> >
> > --
> > David Johnson
> > trainman@ozemail.com.au
> > http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/
> > ------------------------------------
> > These comments are made in a private
> > capacity and do not represent the
> > official view of State Rail.
> > C.O.W.S. Page 11.
> >
> >
>
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