Re: The Victorian 4D train

["David & Jan Winter" <winterdspamtrap@spamless-icenet.com.au>]

AFAIK Min clearance for 1500c DC was 150mm (6") at least in NSW.  DW
Michael Kurkowski wrote in message
<01be78d5$bfe6e560$2300a8c0@michael.office.netstra.com.au>...

><Personal Opinion Mode>
>Take a look at Platform 4 of Flinders Street one day, particularly at any
>normal Comeng or Hitachi set and you will see that the overhead cant go
>much lower before the panto reaches the bottom completely. The 4D still
>just makes it under that (with about what appears to be 8" or thereabouts
>spare) until the wires touch the roof. Therefore assuming this, im unsure
>how the overhead can be much lower than that taking into consideration the
>pantos on the H and C sets.
>