Re: Readiness for the Olympics

[kingpin1@ozemail.com.au (Derek Woodlands)]

'Twas a dark and stormy night on Sat, 5 Jun 1999 09:27:38 +1000 as "David
Bennetts" <davibenn@pcug.org.au> took time out from the neverending quest to rid
the world of grues and wrote:
  
> so that's out.  Why on earth didn't State Rail (either in its Countrylink or
> Cityrail guises) keep the U-boat cars and de-motor them so they could use
> them in loco-hauled trains in country service for such occasions?  It would
> have cost them almost nothing to do so.
 
The U boat cars weren't designed for continuous loco hauled operation.  Imagine
the stress on the first car?  It would wind up a few feet longer than the last
car!  ;-)

Catchya

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