Re: Tangaras in Melbourne
Chris Gordon (c.gordon@ugrad.unimelb.edu.au)
Thu, 02 Apr 1998 20:03:35 +1000
Michael Walker wrote:
>
> >Why does Hillside Trains run all the hitchi trains on the Belgrave/Lylidale
> >line in the off peek and have all the Comeng trains sitting in the yards.
> >
> >Expect in the Peek it is very rare now to get a Comeng.
> >
> More reliable I would expect as they are less complicated beasts. The PTC
> when the Upfield line was cut off for Sillylink construction originally ran
> Comengs and swapped them I think every Wednesday. Eventually they got sick
> of the Comengs unreliability (even though they kept a spare to cover break
> downs, there was the odd time when two trains would break down in service
> leaving only 2 to run a 3 train timetable.) and replaced them all with 3 car
> Hitachi sets. They only swapped them when they were broken down and I
> believe the reliability of the service increased considerably.
But you look in almost all the hitchi cabs and there is a
pink slip behind the driver. This tell the driver the
defects on the train. Most defects in the hitchi is the
re-generative braking.
I think the Comengs have a better seat layout and just a
nicer trains to spend 40 minutes in.
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Chris Gordon
cmgord@ecr.mu.oz.au
http://www.ecr.mu.oz.au/~cmgord