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Re: 3801 Ltd's PFZ2219 on IP

Subject: Re: 3801 Ltd's PFZ2219 on IP
From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 23:14:19 +1100
Newsgroups: aus.rail
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David "The Doctor" Proctor wrote:

> Just on this topic, I noticed recently there is a lot of empty room under
> the carriages used on these services - would it not be better to place a
> small generator under each carriage, but using only one at a time, with the
> one that is running supplying the whole train? That would eliminate the
> power van, which is dead weight, and also provide some backup generating
> capacity, in case one of the generators fail.

The power van has 4 generators - plenty of spare capacity in case one fails.

The power van also has a guards van, which is used by the PSS.

The power van also has a large luggage capacity, which is not available in the
passenger cars.

--
David Johnson
CityRail Guard
trainman@ozemail.com.au
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/

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References:
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