Re: new XPT cars order

[Railway Rasputin <bob@fastlink.com.au>]

Thats strange because the owners of the rights to the HST/XPT don't want
any mor e built so that they can flog more of their own designs off.

rgds

RNS wrote:
> 
> Information indicates they may be ordering TWO (!) additional XPT
> power units and running proposed BHQ train as TWO XPT units with three
> trailers. What a waste of resources and bound to make the operation
> uneconomic on fuel use alone.
> How about purchasing some new trains for the Melbourne & Brisbane
> routes (Tilt maybe?) and cascading existing XPT's - including sleepers
> for a sensible BHQ - Adelaide XPT service.
> 
> On Sat, 11 Dec 1999 06:50:25 GMT, dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David
> Bromage) wrote:
> 
> >Dave Proctor (daproc@spambait.umpires.com) wrote:
> >> The advantage to building a few more XPT cars is that they would be
> >> interchangeable with the rest of the fleet. Presuming the cars will come to
> >> Sydney once a week for servicing, they could just be part of the general XPT
> >> pool, and they grab any available cars to work the BHQ service. The PHA vans
> >> were built to operate with the XPT cars, after all.
> >
> >It would also allow the BH train to become a true XPT (if only 1+3 or 1+4)
> >some time in the future.
> >
> >Cheers
> >David