Re: [NSW] car numbering

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

And when you have accidents it is more often the leading or end car that
gets written off.

That is why there were spare driving trailers made for the Tangaras.

rgds

Dave Proctor wrote:
> 
> "Hubert Lam" <hubert@imap4.com> wrote in message
> 8t69ff$ta4$1@nnrp1.deja.com">news:8t69ff$ta4$1@nnrp1.deja.com...
> > In article <FWpJ5.40022$YX4.1247310@news2.giganews.com>,
> >   "Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au> wrote:
> > > "Jonathan Boles" <mousewithglasses@mail.com> wrote in message
> > > 01c03dfb$16d64280$0cdc36cb@tfboles">news:01c03dfb$16d64280$0cdc36cb@tfboles...
> > >
> > > > S/R/L set motors (C) Comeng: 37xx-39xx, Goninan 3001-?
> > >
> > > Goninan 3001 - 3080 - it was a 150 car order, with 80 motors and 70
> > > trailers.
> >
> > That's nice. Where'd they find the extra 10 trailers from? Tullochs? Or
> > did they send them up to Newcastle and run as NC sets (so to be able to
> > have the imbalance between motors and trailers?)
> 
> Motor cars require more maintenance than trailers (because they have, erm,
> motors) so there would be more motors out of service at any one point in
> time compared to trailers. That is why the first batch of V-sets had 16
> motors and 14 trailers.
> 
> Dave
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