Re: Connex train splitting

["Michael Wierzbinski" <wizzer1865@NOSPAMoptusnet.com.au>]

"Paul Hambleton" <phambletonREMOVE@labyrinth.net.au> wrote in message
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> Leaving passengers on board is probably not a good idea while joining
> trains - misjudged impacts etc. but I can't see why there would be a problem
> when splitting.

As Melb trains are DOO, doors are required to be closed to move train thus
having people on would not be practicable as with doors shut people would be
trying to get on, Basically safety issue.

>During some splits, the noise from the air being released is
> so load (especially in a confined location like Flinders St.) that I'm sure
> it would be much safer hearing wise for people to be on board. I'm surprised
> that the train crews don't wear hearing protection for this sort of thing.
> All this brings back childhood memories of waiting at Ashburton station for
> the 4 car dog box to be split so that 2 cars could run back into the siding
> while the front 2 continued to Alamein. Screw and hook couplings - those
> were the days! This electric stuff just doesn't have the same appeal and
> given the number of times it doesn't work I doubt whether it's any faster
> either.
> Paul Hambleton
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> > OgO <quentisl@leaves.qjc.cjb.net> wrote in message
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> > > In aus.rail, on 04 Apr 2001, Roderick Smith announced:
> > >
> >
> > >
> > > Speaking of joining trains and things, I saw a six carriage train the
> > > other week made up of half refurb connex carriages and half old
> carriages,
> > > I can't remember now, but I'm sure that the old carriages were the old,
> um
> > > comeng ( - the ones where the windows open - my brain eludes me at this
> > > point...?) carriages... does this happen (often)?
> >
> > I think you mean Hitachi.  But, I'm not sure that's possible.  As far as I
> > knew the couplings on the Hitachi sets were incompatible with those on the
> > Comeng sets.
> >
> > Does anybody know if maybe an unrefurbished Comeng set has ever been ran
> > coupled to a refurbished Comeng set?
> >
> > Peter.
> >
> >
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