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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: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 01:33:28 +1100
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Reply-To: trainman@ozemail.com.au

Rod Young wrote:

> The 4D when it arrived gave Met Drivers a chance to
> experience what we always knew...That Sydney Sparks accelerated and
> stopped in ways we could only dream of...To match the Comenge fleet, our
> Engineers destroyed a great train and set it up with Comenge shit
> braking, and similar lousy acceleration.

Exactly the same story as the three phase AC tangara G7.  It has been incredibly
downrated to make it compatible with the rest of the tangaras.

--
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>
- Re: Melbourne's Old Train Fleet
  - From: Mick Stock <mzs@eastwood.apana.org.au>
- Re: Melbourne's Old Train Fleet
  - From: Rod Young <berlina@bigpond.com>

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