Re: Dubbo XPT again

Jonathan Lau (jonlau@ozemail.com.au)
Thu, 26 Feb 1998 09:58:27 +1100

Greetings,

The Central West XPT left Sydney this morning (26/2) with one Power Car (XP 2004)
and 4 pass. cars again. Does anyone know of the consists on Tuesday (24/2) and
Wednesday (25/2)?

Jon

Bob wrote:

> Jonathan Lau wrote:
>
> > Greetings,
> >
> > The Dubbo XPT left Sydney with one power car and 4 pass cars this morning
> > (Monday 23/2) as well. Is this a regular thing now?
> >
> > Jon
> >
> > Robert Parnell wrote:
> >
> > > Today (Thursday) the above left Sydney with leading power car and 4 pass
> > > cars. Not surprising after yesterday's problems was one pass car and rear
> > > power car.
> > > --
> > > Robert Parnell
> > > SRA-Railcom Technician, Electronics Enthusiast,
> > > Lachlan Valley Railway member, NSW HO scale modeller
> > > E-mail:<rparnell@netspace.net.au>
>
> Only untill the current shortage of power cars is overcome. It is obvious
> that they either need more spare power cars or reduce services to allow more
> spares. I would be curious to know what ratio of spares the British private
> operators are running.
> Bob