Re: QR ICE carriages

[petan@ion.com.au (petan@ion.com.au)]

Thanks Graham!

Cheers
Peter Cokley


On 10 Nov 1998 20:24:04 GMT, Graham Duffin
<duffin@dyson.brisnet.org.au> wrote:

>"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.
>--
>20 ICE carriages
>
>Graham Duffin
>Salisbury, Qld.
>