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| Thread ID: 136941 | 2014-05-04 10:11:00 | Auckland's New EMUs | Roscoe (6288) | PC World Chat |
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| 1374127 | 2014-05-05 02:44:00 | Would you rather have the doors open just to let the weather in because no one used it? :illogical . . . Well, they take the empty seats along, even if the whole carriage is empty . . . If jafa weather is going to knock you about that much, avoid both hot and cold taps on your sink, they might be killers . ;) |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1374128 | 2014-05-05 22:37:00 | Have a listen to the horn which they sound just before the road crossings. Very occasionally the horn plays two notes, toot toot, the second toot a higher note than the first, very similar to the pommy trains. Any idea why that might be? | Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 1374129 | 2014-05-05 22:45:00 | Have a listen to the horn which they sound just before the road crossings. Very occasionally the horn plays two notes, toot toot, the second toot a higher note than the first, very similar to the pommy trains. Any idea why that might be? Sometimes it's played the other way around as well, and I've even heard high-low-high. Not sure why they got the two tone horns though - perhaps because these trains are quieter than Aucklanders are used to we need horns that get attention by being different? |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1374130 | 2014-05-06 01:19:00 | I remember back in the 90s after several level crossing accidents all locos with single tone horns were retrofitted with multichime horns same as the DX and Dfs to make them more noticeable. The ones on the new DL class and the EMUs are pretty pathetic as far as horns go.. | paulw (1826) | ||
| 1374131 | 2014-05-06 06:30:00 | I went for a brief trip from Britomart to Newmarket on the first day. The train was fairly full, mostly sightseers like me. Too short a trip to really evaluate, but certainly quiet and smooth. There was a bit of a laugh and a jeer from the crowd when the automated announcement said, as we were pulling out of Britomart "the next station is Britomart". I guess that will get corrected eventually. Slightly OT, but I went from Sunnyvale to Newmarket today (in one of the old trains, sigh) and it was standing room only by the time we got to New Lynn. I haven't seen a train that full apart from match days at Eden Park. I should have taken a photo and sent it to Gerry Brownlee. |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 1374132 | 2014-05-06 07:52:00 | I went for a brief trip from Britomart to Newmarket on the first day. The train was fairly full, mostly sightseers like me. Too short a trip to really evaluate, but certainly quiet and smooth. There was a bit of a laugh and a jeer from the crowd when the automated announcement said, as we were pulling out of Britomart "the next station is Britomart". I guess that will get corrected eventually. Slightly OT, but I went from Sunnyvale to Newmarket today (in one of the old trains, sigh) and it was standing room only by the time we got to New Lynn. I haven't seen a train that full apart from match days at Eden Park. I should have taken a photo and sent it to Gerry Brownlee. Why if it was that full he certainly would not have been able to get on |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 1374133 | 2014-05-06 21:18:00 | Have a listen to the horn which they sound just before the road crossings. Very occasionally the horn plays two notes, toot toot, the second toot a higher note than the first, very similar to the pommy trains. Any idea why that might be? Surely tradition would require that rather than tooting at the far-from-level crossings, a man with a gaudy uniform and a red cape should be in the center of the crossing, greeting each EMU with a flourish? ;) |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1374134 | 2014-05-06 21:42:00 | Surely tradition would require that rather than tooting at the far-from-level crossings, a man with a gaudy uniform and a red cape should be in the center of the crossing, greeting each EMU with a flourish? ;) :+1: |
paulw (1826) | ||
| 1374135 | 2014-05-06 21:52:00 | Surely tradition would require that rather than tooting at the far-from-level crossings, a man with a gaudy uniform and a red cape should be in the center of the crossing, greeting each EMU with a flourish? ;) Why would an electric multiple unit require that? :p |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1374136 | 2014-05-06 23:11:00 | Surely tradition would require that rather than tooting at the far-from-level crossings, a man with a gaudy uniform and a red cape should be in the center of the crossing, greeting each EMU with a flourish? ;) WalOnePedia reports; In the interests of saving costs, a red caped one would be carried on the EMU. Prior to each far-from-level crossing, the EMU would stop, the RCO would disembark and wave the EMU through with a flourish after answering a waiata in kind. EMUs carrying the Maori King on his way to the District Court with his next in line would be afforded a haka. On completion of this ritual, the RCO would board the EMU once again in time for a reprise at the next crossing. Local Taniwha demanding koha did so for each culvert, river, stream or estuary the EMU crossed. Combined with frequent stops at each crossing (the Te Papapa congestion at Mays Rd, Capt Springs Rd and Church St gaining worldwide notoriety) the transit time from Britomart eventually became a breath-taking 27 hours. Eventually, the Onehunga line was forced to close due to further congestion caused by backed up EUs with nowhere to go, and disgruntled commuters marched on the Town Hall demanding Mayor Brown find some new toys to play with. Unfortunately the Mayor otherwise engaged in flagrante and was too busy to attend to matters of civic importance; the Onehunga line was consigned to the anals [sic] of "Wasn't it a Good Idea at the time Projects". ;) |
WalOne (4202) | ||
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