Re: Central West XPT

["Dave Proctor" <david@sd3.mailbank.com>]

"David Bromage" <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in message
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> William Ivery wrote:
> > WT28 the Dubbo to Sydney went through Orange this afternoon at 1640 hrs.
It
> > only had one power car again.
> > I suppose the reason that the Central Western XPT gets only one power
car
> > when there is a shortage is that the train can be turned on triangles at
> > both Orange and Dubbo.
>
> It's run as 1+4 in the low season when patronage is light. It allows an
> XP and a trailer to be put through the workshops.

Rubbish - it is done for the sole purpose of making the loading stats look
good - carrying 135 paxs on a train seating 197 looks much better than
carrying the same number of paxs on a train seating 265, when expressed as a
percentage.

There is also the saving in fuel.

Dave