Re: Top secret XPT-II prototype at Thirmere :-)

["Rod" <comtrain@mpx.com.au>]

Matthew Geier <matthew@mail.usyd.edu.au> wrote in message
82evvo$k7v$1@metro.ucc.usyd.edu.au">news:82evvo$k7v$1@metro.ucc.usyd.edu.au...
>
http://www.sleeper.apana.org.au/railway/images/Thirlmere/Perway%20Group/dcp0
1050.jpg
>
>  Top secret prototype XPT-II being tested at Thirmere by the perway group
addresses
> most problems CountryLink have the existing XPT fleet. This prototype is
light, economical
> to run, easy to repair, and doesnt have any capacity for complaints by
those pesky
> passenger types by omitting any capacity to carry them.
>
>  It is however expected some modifications will have to be made to the
prototype
> for crew comfort reasons. Various options are currently being tested. The
current
> forced air-conditioning is a little to good for those chilly early morning
starts.
actually try this one it works better
http://www.sleeper.apana.org.au/railway/images/Thirlmere
then work down through the Directory, for some unknown reason I could not
get the page to start in one???
Nice shots though!
Rod