Re: Bluebirds are go?

[David Langley <del@ancc.com.au>]

The sprinters in use in Gippsland are in fact taken from other services which
have had to suffer the replacement by N classes and H sets. They are
consequently slower although schedules have not been adjusted accordingly.  I
think the Victorian Govt should bite the bullet and order the sometimes rumoured
Intercity Sprinters which could be used on the Bendigo and Ballarat services
(extending to Echuca and Ararat) and leave the present suburban type sprinters
to operate the shorter services.

DEL.

Michael Walker wrote:

> David Langley wrote in message <3675104C.9BD6165F@ancc.com.au>...
> >Yes it (it is thought that there is only one motor here)  have certainly
> had
> >many a failing test trip between Traralgon and Melbourne. Their failures
> are
> >well documented.
> >
> >Chris Brownbill wrote:
> >
> >> Has anyone actually seen a Bluebird railcar in operation in Victoria?  I
> >> am doubting their existence.  At Flinders Street today the 1133 down
> >> Warragul was a Sprinter.
> >
>
> Given they can obviously make enough Sprinters free to run the service like
> this, why don't they just use Sprinters and send the Bluebirds back to S.A.?
> It would save them time and money fiddle faddling round with what are
> obviously unreliable rail cars and in the hiring and testing and repair
> costs associated with them.