Re: [NSW] Armidale XPT Repairs

["Tom" <gunzel3801@optusnet.com.au>]

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David Bennetts <davibenn@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> This one is from the Sunday Terrorgraph, so the XPT runs to Armidale.  I
> know we all thought it must be an Xploder, but the Terrorgaffe is always
> right!  From Letters to the editor:
>
> The Coathanger that kept the XPT on track.
>
> I can top the story (ST 1/4) about the high-speed XPT being patched with
> insulation tape.
> How about the XPT being tied up with wire coat-hangers?
> On a journey between Sydney and Armidale on February 4, just before
> Maitaland there was this ungodly clatter near where I was sitting.
> It proved to be a great long pipe of the chassis that had come adrift.
> After much humming, pulling and pushing a guy went to the satation
master's
> office and came back with a coat-hanger and a hammer.
> He unwrapped the coat-hanger and, after a good deal of banging and
pushing,
> they tied the long piece of metal back to the body of the train.
> And so we journeyed on to Armidale.
> Doris Calder
> Teneterfield
>
> Nice to see Countrylink staff using their inititaive to keep the trains
> running.  If Ansett maintenance used their inititative, no doubt the 767s
> would be flying this Easter with coat-hanger wire supporting the cracked
> engine pylons.
>
> Regards
>
> David Bennetts
>
IIRC there was no XPT up this way on said date.
Xploder yes.
"Ordinary" passengers cant even tell the f****** difference between a XPT or
a Xploder, they all look the same to them.
my $0.02