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Re: 5 car R set in service



Is it April1?

David Bromage wrote in message ...
>On a somewhat related topic, in the late 1970s when the V sets were being
>designed, NSWGR wanted a replacement for the IHOs for Newcastle parcels
>traffic. Comeng designed a double ended parcels motor using the basic
>shell of a V set motor car. It had two BIG double doors on each side,
>platform level floor throughout and ceiling space to the upper deck roof
>height. All Newcastle express trains would have been a 4-car V set plus a
>parcels motor. The Fish would also have had one attached.
>
>Cheers
>David