Re: [QLD] The last SX tin sets

["Dean Stalker" <dstalker2000@hotmail.com>]

Latest rumour about the removal of the majority of the SX sets is that they
are a health risk. Due to the combination of Queenslands climate and the SX
sets lack of air conditioning, it can increase the air/environment
temperature to unacceptable levels which is a problem in peak hour with the
number of people on the train and also they are very grimy. Some of the sets
still have signs of their steam-train hauled era with the staining on their
rooves but also inside the carriages and also the vinyl seats weren't the
best choice. The seats get sweat upon which encourages bacteria to grow,
while the cloth seats don't have that problem so much (I guess it depends on
the train).

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Graham Duffin <duffin@dyson.brisnet.org.au> wrote in message
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> Does anyone know what is going to happen to the tin sets now they are no
> longer rostered for regular services?
>
> I've heard two rumours.
> 1) Two sets will be kept for use on excursion traffic and Exhibition
>    steam services with the remaining 7 sets will go to Townsville
>    workshops to have their bogies removed.  The bogies will then be
>    placed under the older Sunlander cars as their existing bogies need
>    replacing.  The bodies of the SX cars would then be sold.
>
> 2) The other rumour is that some SX sets will be modified to replace the
>    existing wooden loco hauled carriages for steam tours and excursion
>    traffic.  The remaining sets would then be sold.
>
> Is anyone able to confirm or deny whether any of these rumours are true?
> Will preservation bodies such as the Rosewood Railway try and obtain a
> set for preservation?
>
> Graham Duffin,
> Salisbury, Qld.
> "Graham Watkins" <gwatkins@globec.com.au> writes:
> > There is apparently going to be some sort of ceremony next Thursday 2
> > December at Shorncliffe to mark the last scheduled run of an SX loco
hauled
> > train. Will probably be the 7.20am ex Shorncliffe.
> >
>
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