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

["WhaleOilBeefHooked" <daproc@sd5.mailbank.com>]

They do not regularly run out-of-gauge trains in these areas. As I said, the
Tangarbages are only out of gauge with the doors open. They do not run with
the doors open, so it never comes up.

BUT, if they are out of gauge with the doors open, and the doors only open
out a couple of inches, then they will be out of gauge with mirrors that
protrude more than a few inches. These mirrors would be next to useless for
DOO usage.

DaveP

Eric Cartman <erk_cartman@yahoo.com> wrote in message
939458625.386333@diddley.primus.com.au">news:939458625.386333@diddley.primus.com.au...
> 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
> www.webalias.com/erknet
> Trains, trains, trains (and lots of other things too.....
>
>
>
> 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
> >
> >
>
>