Re: XPT's Reduced

["Adam Dunning" <adamdunning@start.com.au>]

By power car I mean HEP, not propulsion.  The last lot of XP power cars were
built by ABB/Adtranz.

Adam

"Rjaygee" <dartmouthmotel@bigpond.com> wrote in message
news:gQ1J6.19568$482.94383@newsfeeds.bigpond.com...
> Were not the last lot of power cars built to run XPT cars?
> Cheers
> Rod Gayford
>
> "Adam Dunning" <adamdunning@start.com.au> wrote in message
> news:3af4885d@news.alphalink.com.au...
> > The cost of the power car or generator for HEP could be cost prohibative
> for
> > such a small service.  As far as I know, the XP carriages use some
> > multi-phase power system which is not your normal run of the mill 415v
> > 3-phase.  Does anyone know what type of power is fed to the trailers?
> >
> > Adam
> >
> > "Marc Hunt" <tcpkl@po.jaring.my> wrote in message
> > news:9cvvs0$ijg$1@news5.jaring.my...
> > > (snip)
> > > >The only sticking point to this plan is where to stow the extra 7
> > > >trailers that will come off the sets..
> > >
> > > Maintrain.
> > > (snip)
> > >
> > > How about putting 3 of them behind an 80 Class and resurecting the
> Broken
> > > Hill train and the other three could be used for Griffith with one car
> > spare
> > > ?
> > > --
> > > Marc Hunt
> > > ex-pat Aussie
> > > KL-Malaysia
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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