Comments on: A new life for retired V/Line carriages https://wongm.com/2024/04/vline-retired-n-set-carriages-railway-preservation/ Marcus Wong. Gunzel. Engineering geek. History nerd. Sat, 23 Nov 2024 09:13:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Photos from ten years ago: September 2014 - Waking up in Geelong https://wongm.com/2024/04/vline-retired-n-set-carriages-railway-preservation/#comment-961812 Sat, 23 Nov 2024 09:13:16 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=21967#comment-961812 […] The last of the H sets was withdrawn in February 2024, with the N sets soon to follow. […]

]]> By: Retired V/Line locomotives now hauling freight - Waking up in Geelong https://wongm.com/2024/04/vline-retired-n-set-carriages-railway-preservation/#comment-925793 Mon, 15 Apr 2024 21:32:10 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=21967#comment-925793 […] has been retiring their fleet of aging locomotive hauled carriages, with the long distance N sets given away to railway preservation groups, and the H sets sent for scrap. And with nothing left to haul, this has also rendered […]

]]> By: Marcus Wong https://wongm.com/2024/04/vline-retired-n-set-carriages-railway-preservation/#comment-924351 Mon, 08 Apr 2024 12:11:31 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=21967#comment-924351 In reply to Dean.

The current carriages used on The Overland date back to the 1950s and were refurbished in 2007, so refurbished N cars would be an upgrade.

https://www.comrails.com/sar_carriages/b_bj.html

]]> By: Craig Wallace https://wongm.com/2024/04/vline-retired-n-set-carriages-railway-preservation/#comment-923816 Fri, 05 Apr 2024 23:35:25 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=21967#comment-923816 In reply to Dean.

Absolutely agree 100%

]]> By: Marcus Wong https://wongm.com/2024/04/vline-retired-n-set-carriages-railway-preservation/#comment-922284 Tue, 02 Apr 2024 09:46:14 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=21967#comment-922284 In reply to Ricky.

Oops – now fixed!

]]> By: Dean https://wongm.com/2024/04/vline-retired-n-set-carriages-railway-preservation/#comment-922245 Tue, 02 Apr 2024 07:21:45 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=21967#comment-922245 Whilst I’m glad to see the SG N carriages going to preservation groups, I wonder if they could have been an option for the Overland?

]]> By: indigohex3 https://wongm.com/2024/04/vline-retired-n-set-carriages-railway-preservation/#comment-922148 Tue, 02 Apr 2024 04:40:21 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=21967#comment-922148 Nice to see some of the carriages being preserved. Sadly, the same can’t be said of the Comeng trains which are being scrapped, especially the Stage 1 Comeng trains (both the EDI and Alstom-refurbished Comeng trains). Hopefully, some of the Stage 3 trains will be preserved. And it is also sad that the 4D were never preserved, despite the problems that plagued the trains in the beief period they ran in Melbourne.

]]> By: Ricky https://wongm.com/2024/04/vline-retired-n-set-carriages-railway-preservation/#comment-922131 Tue, 02 Apr 2024 01:10:44 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=21967#comment-922131 Bit of an error Marcus, are you sure 707 & SRHC share the same set on SG, but in a different order?

]]> By: Tramologist https://wongm.com/2024/04/vline-retired-n-set-carriages-railway-preservation/#comment-922114 Mon, 01 Apr 2024 22:17:34 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=21967#comment-922114 Those not allocated a power van, will they have to use the underfloor generator? I believe only one car in one set has it.

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