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Re: Melbourne's Old Train Fleet

To: ausrail@railpage.org.au
Subject: Re: Melbourne's Old Train Fleet
From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 1998 14:59:13 +1100
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Reply-To: trainman@ozemail.com.au

Craig Haber wrote:

> If the cars were normal length, go for 3 car sets rather than 4, hence
> alleviating the problem of shorter platforms.

Can't do that with any air-conditioned double deck stock presently running.  The
reason is that the pantograph is mounted on the trailer car, and the motor
control gear is on the motor car.  This has a lot to do with ceiling real
estate.  It could probably be done with with 25 kV AC, as the electrical
equipment would not have to be as large, but Victoria is 1500V DC, so forget it.

--
David Johnson
CityRail Guard
trainman@ozemail.com.au
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/

References:
- Melbourne's Old Train Fleet
  - From: "J Richmond" <richmond@melbpc.org.au>
- Re: Melbourne's Old Train Fleet
  - From: "David Proctor" <daproc@bigfoot.com>
- Re: Melbourne's Old Train Fleet
  - From: Customer Services <enquiry@translib.com.au>
- Re: Melbourne's Old Train Fleet
  - From: Rod Young <berlina@bigpond.com>
- Re: Melbourne's Old Train Fleet
  - From: ajwright@ozemail.com.au (Ashley Wright)
- Re: Melbourne's Old Train Fleet
  - From: Matthew Geier <matthew@law.usyd.edu.au>
- Re: Melbourne's Old Train Fleet
  - From: Craig Haber <albatross@harnessnet.com.au>

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