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Re: Vic Tangaras

Subject: Re: Vic Tangaras
From: dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)
Date: 2 Nov 1998 12:23:34 GMT
Newsgroups: aus.rail
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Les Brown (pcc@ocean.com.au) wrote:
> dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage) wrote in aus.rail:

> >It may look similar and has some common design features, but is NOT a
> >Tangara. It is a "Double Deck Development and Demonstration train" (4D).
> >
> An elephant it still an elephant even if it's smaller, narrower, has a
> smaller trunk and it's called a proboscidea in another location. 

But you can't transplant the hip bone of an African elephant into an
Indian elephant. It's the wrong size.

Likewise, CityRail wouldn't have spares for most bits of the 4D. Even
Hillside Trains doesn't have spares for most bits of the 4D!

Cheers
David

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