Ashley Wright <ajwright@ozemail.com.au> wrote in article
<347604ee.731848@news.ozemail.com.au>...
> On Fri, 21 Nov 1997 21:12:22 +1100, "tezza" <tezza@atinet.com.au>
> wrote:
>
> >On the North its as least as far as Newcastle [freight only use it as
far as
> >Broadmeadow].
> >
> >On the South the last station is Macarthur, but the overhead continues a
bit
> >further to the Glenlee coal washery.
> >
> >On the west it's Lithgow.
> >
> >On the South Coast I think it's Dapto possibly Kiama [freight only use
it as
> >far as Port Kembla]. There was talk of using AC to Kiama and converting
some
> >Tangaras to AC/DC.
> >
> >All the above is open to correction.
> >
>
>
> The wire do stop at Dapto, so you were correct in the first place. I
> havn't heard the one about converting Tangara's to AC/DC operation
> though. If they were going to convert anything to AC/DC operation for
> the line to Kiama (or Nowra) then the logical units would be the
> intercities. You by chance arn't confusing with the OST that has AC
> traction motors. If so they were trialed for diferent reasons. Also
> BTW if you use AC overhead you don't need to use AC traction motors.
> The Perth sets operate of 25Vac, but have DC traction motors!!!
>
>