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Re: QR ICE carriages
- Subject: Re: QR ICE carriages
- From: Graham Duffin <duffin@dyson.brisnet.org.au>
- Date: 10 Nov 1998 20:24:04 GMT
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Power Up
- Xref: news.mel.aone.net.au aus.rail:35850
"Peter & Sue Cokley" <petan@ion.com.au> writes:
> Now that the tilt train is running, what is happening to the former Rocky
> ICE carriages? Seems there are 20 carriages but only 4 are apparently being used since last
> Friday when the tilt train started.
The ICE carraiges have been cascaded down to operate Bris-Nambour-Caboolture
services. Their current usage is:
6 Gympie North train and morning standby in Bris for Tilt Train
4 Stabled at Caboolture overnight to operate Nambour shuttles
4 Operate Bris - Nambour service Mon-Fri
On Sat/Sun joins with 2 spare trailer cars to work Bris-Rocky-Bris
2 spare trailer cars Mon-Fri. On Sat/Sun joins with 4 power cars to
operate Bris-Rocky-Bris.
2 operate "shandy" on Sat aft to Gympie Nth train with EMU set
and returns Sunday aft ex Gympie Nth
2 spare power pair - scheduled for workshops overhaul.
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20 ICE carriages
Graham Duffin
Salisbury, Qld.