Re: Services on City Rail Interurbans

["David Bennetts" <davibenn@pcug.org.au>]

David Martin wrote in message ...
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>Is there any reason why the dining car could not have its own pantograph,
>thus getting its power directly off the overhead supply?
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>David Martin
>Web Developer
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Not at all, many of the loco hauled expresses in Europe in fact have a panto
on top of the dining car, if they want power for cooking, just raise the
panto.  Of course 1500V DC is a bit over the top for boiling a billy, so you
need a bit of electrical gear on board to transform it down to 240V or so.

David Bennetts
Canberra