Re: Tangaras are crap

["Rod Gayford" <rjaygee@smartchat.net.au>]

I totally agree. They are a vast improvement on what went before.  By the
way, the Millennium Train will supplement the Tangaras and other trains, not
replace except for the Tulloch cars and no one will miss them. The air
conditioning on Tangaras is really effective. I think problems may come down
to adjustment of the system. Do any of you City Rail guys out there know how
you adjust rail air-conditioning. Does it adjust automatically to the
outside ambient temperature or what?

Cheers
Rod Gayford
Garry Hoddinett <hoddos@netspace.net.au> wrote in message
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> Dean Stalker <dstalker2000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > Thank god I live in Queensland. I think Cityrail should look at
> > changing from Goninan crap to   something decent. At least
> > Walkers up here in Queensland put a bit of effort into the comfort
> > factor of their trains (IMU,
> > SMU & The Tilt Train, maybe the EMU)
> >
> Criticising tangaras is a regular column in this newsgroup and probably
> deserves its own newsgroup.  I have travelled on 1000's of tangara
services
> since they were first introduced in the late 1980's.  I usually travel on
at
> least one every working day and often twice a day.  On MYopinion as a
> PASSENGER I would much rather travel on a Tangara than an other CityRail
> train except an perhaps an Interurban V-set.  I don't mind the fixed
> seating - many suburban trains the world over have fixed seating.  Yes the
> seats are firm but not as hard as the C-sets and not covered in some
> sticking coating like the refurbished S, K & R set cars.  The high seat
> backs of the Tangara to me are preferable to the low back seats of many
> other types.  The stair design from the upper and lower decks are easier
to
> enter and leave from.  The view from both decks (especially the top deck)
is
> superb.  I don't have a problem with the air conditioning - in all my
years
> of travelling on a Tangara there has probably been only 4-5 times where
the
> air conditioning was defective - may be I'm lucky that way but I don't
think
> so.  When Tangaras were introduced  they portrayed a modern clean image
for
> CityRail which helped in its marketing - they still look the flashiest of
> all Australia's suburban trains.
>
> Tangaras are not perfect and others are free to disagree with my opinions
> but I think Goninian should be complemented on a fine job.
>
>