Re: New trains for Melb????
David Bromage (dbromage@metz.une.edu.au)
22 Jul 1997 03:42:34 GMT
David Johnson (trainman@ozemail.com.au) wrote:
>Mick Stock wrote:
>
>> p.s. I've noted that most references in this newsgroup to Melb's "4d"
>> imply that it is a unique design, etc. From what I've seen, it is almost
>> identical to the original Tangara design. Does anyone know what the
>> differences are (other than different gauge, technical differences to suit
>> local conditions).
>
>It is very different from the tangara design. It is lower, shorter and
>thinner than tangaras. The maintenance staff hate it because they need a
>whole inventory of spare parts for one train. They are not all compatible
>with tangaras either.
The Met doesn't want it and it's no use to CityRail. At one stage there
was talk of Goninan taking it back and sending it on a tour of Asia as a
demonstrator unit.
Cheers
David