Re: Impressions of the Gold Coast line

["Dean A Stalker" <dstalker@dingoblue.net.au>]

"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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