Re: Impressions of the Gold Coast line

[jjjim <jjjim@bigpond.com>]

Dean all the SMUs run AC traction, and IMU's,  just the smu2's are slightly
differennt choppers, the motors themsleves are louder with a noticable sound as
they swithc thru steps,   but yeah the ridding of the fan blowers makes them
quieter, thsoe fans wewre noisy as hehe.

PS they do seem more powerfull than before  *shug*  hard to tell


Dean A Stalker wrote:

> "jjjim" <jjjim@bigpond.com> wrote in message
> 3A581855.B53C1163@bigpond.com">news:3A581855.B53C1163@bigpond.com...
> > Why are there SMU 2s on the gold coast line?  i thought 99% of trains were
> IMU's
> > unless they ran out :p
>
> You got it ... they have a rollingstock shortage. Can you imagine what it's
> going to be like when the Airport Line opens? *shudder*. SMU245(or 246) -
> 250 will be dedicated to the Airport and Robina Line until the IMUmk2s are
> built.
>
> > The smu2s are smooth hey ,  the coil springs on each wheel  have smoothed
> them
> > out heaps,  The motors or at least the chopper is different too, i first
> noticed
> > the new trians when one took off at roma street and i thought, wtf  is
> that
> > noise? :p  sounds quite cool actually.
>
> Thank goodness Walke ... er, EDI Rail :-) decided to use a different cooling
> system with the SMU220s, instead of the dang blowers on the SMU200s and
> IMUs. Also the SMU220s use AC traction motors from memory, can anyone
> confirm that?
>
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