Re: [NSW] Chopper Set to Bondi Jct!

[craigd@lios.apana.org.au (C. Dewick)]

In <CE714.562$gb7.6737@ozemail.com.au> "Bill McNiven" <wmcniven@gunzel.ozemail.com.au> writes:

>Hi all!

>Travelled from Kogarah to Circular Quay this afternoon.  Heard at Kogarah
>(ad nauseum) that the 4.41 to Bondi Junction (i.e. 4.28 ex Mortdale) was
>cancelled for today only (and CityRail regretted any inconvenience etc.).
>Got to Sydenham on the 4.39 from Kogarah and changed trains.

>The 4.52 pm at Sydenham platform 3 (i.e. 4.25 pm ex East Hills) was neatly
>transposed to cross to the Illawarra line and fill the gap in the service to
>Bondi Jct.

>This train was a 6-car 'C' set (numbered C3 on the front and C4 on the
>back).  Are "Chopper" sets rare on the Eastern Suburbs Railway?

There are no C sets allocated to Mortdale depot, so to have a chopper set in
revenue service on sector 1 is *very* rare.

Regards,

Craig.

PS. See my other posting which mentions about me stabling the train when it
came out as 8 run yesterday evening.
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