Re: 8-car Chopper etc.

["Hubert Lam" <hubert@imap4.com>]

C5 has been marshalled as 8 cars for around 6 months now...however i have
never seen C9 as a 8 car train before. Not sure about C2 though, because i
have seen it as a 6 car train just last week.

Bill McNiven <wmcniven@gunzel.ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> For some time, Sydney's 56 "chopper" cars have been marshalled as eight
> 6-car sets and one 8-car set (C9).  Today I noticed 8-car sets C2 and C5.
> Is this the start of a grand re-marshalling?
>
> I also notice that there are still two six-car R sets marshalled
> C-T-C-C-T-C.  Does this indicate that CityRail actually has too many power
> cars and not enought trailers, or is there a more technical explanantion?
>
> Over to the experts ...
>
> Bill
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