Re: C set refurbishment

[Eben Levy <ebenlevy@klever.net.au>]

geoffrah@hotmail.com wrote:

> >>Unfortunately, they retain the navy vinyl on their seat pads.  By the way,
> >>does anyone know what the results were of the 'S' set CityDecker with
> >several trial types of fabric? I hope the outcome was not vinyl again!
>
> Well I hope the outcome is vinyl !!!!
> The fabric covered seats on Tangaras and others are invariably dirty.
> Chewing Gum etc. sticks to the fabrics and stains from spilt drinks
> and food tend to get ingrained in the fabric - making the trains look
> grooty, even when everthing else is clean. I hate trying to find a
> clean seat to sit on in a Tangara !
>

THey have been replacing the seat coverings on the tangara's at the moment, most
trains I catch I find atleast one new seat covering in each carriage and for
some reason, mostly no one is using them. Maybe they don't want to leave the old
seats. :-}

> By the way - the white interiors of the Citydeckers look good
> (compared to the old mortuary browns etc.) - but a little extra
> cleaning effort is necessary. Some of the early Citydecker upgrades
> are now looking very shabby internally - especially in the
> driver/guard end vestibules (as are some/most of the first Tangara
> sets).
>
> ChEeRs,
> Geoff



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Eben

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