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Re: Impressions of the Gold Coast line

Subject: Re: Impressions of the Gold Coast line
From: "Ron Bennell" <rbennell@teleport.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 21:05:22 -0800
Newsgroups: aus.rail
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> 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?
>
All IMUs and SMUs are have AC traction motors.  High frequency harmonic
voltages produced in the overhead by the initial SMU 200s, were responsible
for disabling multiple EMUs one morning on the Beenleigh line when the SMUs
were first introduced.

References:
- Impressions of the Gold Coast line
  - From: dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)
- Re: Impressions of the Gold Coast line
  - From: "Dean A Stalker" <dstalker@dingoblue.net.au>
- Re: Impressions of the Gold Coast line
  - From: jjjim <jjjim@bigpond.com>
- Re: Impressions of the Gold Coast line
  - From: "Dean A Stalker" <dstalker@dingoblue.net.au>

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