Re: GSR will extend the Ghan service to Darwin

[Rod Gayford <rjaygee@smartchat.net.au>]

European designed cars would not meet the buffing forces that are standard
here. I mean the Europeans are still into buffers and drawhooks. Anything
European doesn't work here off the shelf without extensive modifications ala
the XPT trains which are highly modified HST's. The coaches of our XPT's are
of a far superior design than the funny things they run in England.

Cheers

RJG

Dave Proctor wrote:

> Mike Roebuck <Mike.Roebuck@cobblers.datacomm.ch> wrote in message
> S1UaOPQ5C5lVlzhs3wyY+jpp5iq=@4ax.com">news:S1UaOPQ5C5lVlzhs3wyY+jpp5iq=@4ax.com...
>
> > Are you really discounting the possibility that GSR might actually
> > invest in totally new stock for a totally new service?
> >
> > I'm amazed at the negative tone in this newsgroup sometimes
> > (aus.rail). Are things really so bad?
>
> The cars I was referring to are totally unused - they have never turned a
> wheel in revenue service, I do not think they have even been tested - I
> think they went straight from the factory to storage sidings.
>
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