Re: [NSW] 'Errors' in the Central Coast Timetable

["Chris Downs" <cvdowns@ozemail.com.au>]

Using tare weights (courtesy CityRail's web site):

V-set 2 car (base unit)    160kW (thanks apb) x 4 for 100t = 6.4kW/t

K-set 2 car (base unit)    150kW(?) x 4 for 88t = 6.8kW/t.

There's not much in it although the gearing is for higher top speed in V-sets?

Sadly, both rather pale when compared with a QR CITYTRAIN SMU Mk II (train
specs courtesy of the public timetable):
3 car set (base unit)    180kW x 8 for 122.1t = 11.8kW/t, very serious grunt
!!

The Millennium sets (2 car base unit) will be 226kW x 4 for 92t = 9.8kW/t
(anyone know any different, I've used originally advised motor ratings and
Tangara weight for comparative purposes???)

While on QR's Mk II SMUs I noticed on the set I caught this morning (and all
others that I saw) have the letters "HS" stencilled on the front.  Is this an
abbreviation for "High Speed" indicative that they've been modified to 120km/h
top speed (up from 100km/h)?

Chris

Hubert Lam <hubert@imap4.com> wrote in message
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> 2-car K sets are referred to by some in the rail system as "wheelbarrows",
> ie. you really have to push them to get them moving. Bear in mind the V set
> that you are referring to has 4 cars (2 motor cars) that are relatively more
> powerful than any old suburban rollingstock, whilst the K set only has one
> motor car.
>
> Also, many stations are unattended now. They have what they call "business
> hours"...most of them would be from 6.30am to 6.30pm...remember State
> Rail/CityRail is corporatised, so they have to cut costs wherever and
> management has to be accountable for any unexplained losses.
>
> "Maikha V Ly" <maikha@MailAndNews.com> wrote in message
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> > To All
> >
> > Forgot to add, yesterday while stuck in the Dungeon (2car K-SET), and
> > travelling with Michael , he managed to spot a number of potential
> 'errors'
> > in
> > the Central Coast Timetable (Smart Boy).
> >
> > ("I never knew Wyong was Unattended in the Mornings?!?")
> >
> > Also, he mentioned a V-SET service behind our K-SET yesterday, that would
> > catch up to us, having a 10min gap between us at Strathfield.
> > It's interesting how that service behind us manages to 'gain' a minute in
> > running time between Strathfield and Central?
> >
>
>