Re: Melb 4D fails for last time

[david <david@nmit.vic.edu.au>]

Could we regauge it to  seven and a quarter ????

( as for sending it to Sydney, It think they would 'return to sender' )

Regards,
David H

brian.simon wrote:

> 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.