Re: Services on City Rail Interurbans

[matthew@mail.usyd.edu.au (Matthew Geier)]

In article <ybaw3.7266$O_1.50180@ozemail.com.au>,
David Martin <d_martin@mountains.net.au> wrote:
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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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 Not all that uncommon in Europe. Ive seen photos of trains hauled by
eloks with a pan up in the middle of an otherwise loco hauled consist.

 The power demands of the dining car exceed what is normally sent down
the train line, so it draws its own supply.