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

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

Michael <mk@netstra.com.au> wrote in message
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> WhaleOilBeefHooked said on 11-Oct-1999 in
> <7tr3vt$1lj$2@news1.mpx.com.au>:
>
> >
> >And all of a sudden, the re-engineering involved is starting to get more
> >and more complicated.
> >
>
> Melbourne can do it.

Melbourne already had rearview mirrors on trains. Sydney never has.
Tangarbages are right on the extremity of the loading gauge when operating
in the medium width area. How do propose to solve this without
expensive-to-install retractable windows?

>Sydney think their s*** don't stink,

No, just a recognition that the systems are different, and a solution
applied in one place will not necessarily work in another.

>so im sure with
> the many millions of dollars saved from the scrapping of guards a working
> solution can be sought. Unless of course, Sydney attempt to follow their
> track record of attempting to reinvent the wheel

This is a major fault of ALL Australian systems. Melbourne did it with
Metcard.

>(faulty destos, faulty
> PIDS systems, faulty workers, etc).

DaveP