Re: 2 car K sets

["Jack" <bd107@tsn.cc>]

Might be before your time .... but R1 was involved in a rear ender at
Cowan..... the driver was killed.... Ran in to the back of  a stationary
freighter.... was in the early 80's
As u seem to know most evrything.... maybe u can tell me when it was.

At the time, when the set was called R1... it was the only set  of it's type
in service... later it was renamed a K

I gotta say for some one who has corrected me... u didn't do much of a job..

Jack


David Proctor wrote in message
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>Jack wrote in message <72fu9e$30j$1@reader1.reader.news.ozemail.net>...
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>>There seems to be a bit of confusion surrounding the 2 car K sets running
>on
>>the short north
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>Yes - and your post is just adding to it.
>
>>These cars were the original A/C suburban train "R1".  Originally there
>were
>>10 of these cars but 2 were destroyed in the Cowan accident many years
ago,
>>along with the driver.
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>There were originally EIGHT of these cars - four 2-car sets - numbered
>C3501-04 and D4096-99. During the manufacturing of the second series of
what
>is now the 'K' sets, the last set - C3550 and T4216 - was fitted with
>air-conditioning when built - ALL are still in service. Are you referring
to
>the accident involving 3801 Ltd? This was a 'V' set.
>
>>It then used to run as an 8 6 or even as 2 x 4 car sets  depending on the
>>availability of cars as there were no spares.... as far as I know there
are
>>still 8 in service... correct me if I'm wrong..
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>Consider yourself corrected.
>
>David "The Doctor" Proctor
>daproc.spambait@umpires.com
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