Re: Connex train splitting

[usenet.spam@gunzel.net (Michael)]

ben_issacs@optusnet.com.au (William Pearce) wrote in
<3ae3daa6$0$25511$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au>: 

>    Fellow Travellers,
>    Don't all of the refurb. Connex sets have Scharfenberg (? spelling)
>auto. couplers, if this is so then there should be no need for anyone to
>be on the ground when coupling or uncoupling is done as it all should be
>worked from the cab, that was the point of fitting such couplers.

All Comeng's have Scharfenburg couplers. The original post seems 
suspiciously close to April 1, perhaps it's another April fools joke that 
turned into a rumour (like my 4D one).

Unless of course they plan on dividing and joining Hitachi trains, which is 
highly unlikely.

MK.

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