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Re: Victorian Tangaras?
- To: ausrail@railpage.org.au
- Subject: Re: Victorian Tangaras?
- From: mccallum@melbpc.org.au (John McCallum)
- Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 09:38:13 GMT
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Melbourne PC User Group
- References: <01bde085$5a222020$2265868b@j.gordonbigpond.com> <1998091516553200.MAA29736@ladder03.news.aol.com> <360777ce.0@cactus.highway1.com.au>
In article <360777ce.0@cactus.highway1.com.au>, "David & Jan Winter" <winterd@nospam-icenet.com.au> wrote:
>Can someone please explain why the Met (or whatever the big JK is now
>calling it) would want to offload the unit anyway?
>Also - does anyone have a diagram showing how well or otherwise it would fit
>WA's suburban rollingstock gauge (noting a slight difference in track
>gauge!)?
I am sure that the 4D set will be two wide and too high for the Perth system.
Apart from the gauge difference, there is also a slight matter of a different
operating voltage - 1500Vdc against Perth's 25kv ac.
John McCallum