Re: Connex train splitting

["Paul Hambleton" <phambletonREMOVE@labyrinth.net.au>]

I meant to say that the noise was loud. Oops.
PH
"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. 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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