Out of Gauge Suburban EMU's in Sydney (Was DOO In Sydney)

["Eric Cartman" <erk_cartman@yahoo.com>]

Hi again

Otford on the Illawarra is the border ticketing wise but for all intents and
purposes the suburban area these days stops at Waterfall. Other non Tangara
suburban trains have run past these limits prior to the use of Tangaras and
still do on the Short North and the Illawarra..

One thing I forgot to add to my last post is that K sets run to Newcastle in
conjunction with their local service. I don't know how many problems
CityRail is having with out of gauge suburban trains running on the short
North, Illawarra and up to Springwood.


Eric
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WhaleOilBeefHooked wrote in message <7tmfma$ns0$1@news1.mpx.com.au>...
>Eric Cartman <erk_cartman@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>939440253.933570@diddley.primus.com.au">news:939440253.933570@diddley.primus.com.au...
>> Hi all
>> Tangaras do run on regular services beyond the Sydney Metro area to:
>>
>> Port Kembla/Dapto (Illawarra)
>> Wyong (Short North)
>> Springwood (West)
>
>I know all of that - but you missed my point - I know for a fact they are
>out of gauge with the doors open beyond the wide-electric area - I know
this
>is beyond Cowan and Emu Plains - I was not sure about where it finishes on
>the Illawarra.
>
>> With regards to mirrors, I think that they might be close to being out of
>> gauge (depending on the type of train and/or mirror used) but I'll leave
>> that to our ng friends who are train crew to confirm that.
>
>If opening the doors puts them out of gauge (and they only pop out a couple
>of inches) a mirrir would have to be VERY tiny to keep it in gauge.
>
>> Eric
>
>DaveP
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