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Re: Melb 4D fails for last time



Send it back to Sydney if you don't want it............

Eric
www.webalias.com/erknet

brian.simon wrote in message
<30NB3.14362$ei1.28199@newsfeeds.bigpond.com>...
>Hi All,
>
>After the ongoing lack of service provided by this orphan, rumour has it
>that the double deck is being withdrwan from service for good.  It has been
>keeping the rails at bayswater Mainteneance Centre company for the past few
>weeks due to severe wheelslip problems, and after supposedly correcting
this
>problem, the set failed again this morning on an up Blackburn service,
>resulting in a forty minute delay.
>
>Management are apparently concerned that if this continues, fines will be
>imposed and are very keen to offload the problem before it becomes
critical.
>
>It seems the buckets of sand placed in the crew compartments are not a
>satisfactory hi tech  solution to such a simple problem such as wheelslip
>problems out of Chatham station on the down journey.
>
>So, to all of you who wanted to ride on this albino, time may have run
>out...............
>
>
>Regards....
>
>Casey.
>
>