Victorian Government orders 38 new Melbourne trains
Great shots wongm! The 2nd generation Xtraps look very naked next to the 1st generation ones.
Posted: Nov 03, 2009 7:15 pm
Location: Melbourne, VIC
Guarding the trains 
or so they think 
Posted: Nov 03, 2009 9:00 pm
Location: Standing Clear
If this is the livery they plan to fit on them, That name will have to go.
Posted: Nov 03, 2009 11:35 pm
Location: Eltham, vintage safeworking capital of Melbourne
If this is the livery they plan to fit on them, That name will have to go.
Posted: Nov 04, 2009 4:36 pm
Location: Melbourne
Yes
The hitachis were renumbered a few months ago. Check vicsig for new number allocations.
Posted: Nov 04, 2009 6:23 pm
One would assume that naming these new sets after current union officials is just a way of trying to get them running with quick union approval.
Dreadful way to run a railway.
Whose decision is it to name them? Connex? MTM? or the owners, the DOT?
Posted: Nov 04, 2009 7:55 pm
Location: Getting The Met to get around
Dreadful way to run a railway.
Whose decision is it to name them? Connex? MTM? or the owners, the DOT?
It's not particularly impressive is it. A lot of Pocket P1ssing...
Posted: Nov 04, 2009 8:00 pm
Location: Melbourne, VIC
One of the new trains should be named after the Train Driver that was killed in the Black Saturday Bushfires. I think that would be more approprate than naming them after Union Officals
Posted: Nov 05, 2009 7:22 am
Dreadful way to run a railway.
Whose decision is it to name them? Connex? MTM? or the owners, the DOT?
It's not particularly impressive is it. A lot of Pocket P1ssing...
I agree Tomo and Daly....what the f@#k is going on? Isn't pocket p1sssing the way things are done now?
On another note, when is the big fella coming back? 
Posted: Nov 05, 2009 9:35 am
Last edited by madmac01 on Nov 05, 2009 9:49 am; edited 1 time in total
Exactly, that would have been better....I wouldn't have my name on one.
I would have tried to think of someone more deserving like the one you mentioned comeng301, or the TCAO that was killed on his way home from work allegedly by a drunk and speeding driver.
I had to put "allegedly" for legal reasons obviously 
Posted: Nov 05, 2009 9:42 am
Location: Getting The Met to get around
I would support that fully. Likewise madmac's suggestion of the TCAO.
Posted: Nov 05, 2009 12:25 pm
If this is the livery they plan to fit on them, That name will have to go.
You would be correct Brendan, apparently it is actually a bit of a stir....the Union blokes involved in the testing cannot stand these trains, so someone else has decided it would be the ultimate insult by plastering their names on one of the trains.
Posted: Nov 06, 2009 9:34 am
Location: Geelong Railway Line, VIC
So this Richard Orme doesn't actually want his name on a train?
I saw the new X'Trap stationary near Galvin this morning. All six new cars. Is this the first time it's ran alone?
Posted: Nov 06, 2009 9:46 am
According to him, No.....
Posted: Nov 06, 2009 10:27 am
I dare say, they will be the dirtiest trains out there.
Particularly the smearing to cover the names.
How can they put a name there against the persons wishes.
And still the question remains- who is responsible?
Posted: Nov 06, 2009 11:36 am
Location: Sydney
Once upon a time when there was one railway in Victoria, legend had it that the name of a rather unpopular senior executive was to be painted on an equally unpopular cement wagon. The wagon was then to be shunted ceremonially into the Barwon.
Posted: Nov 06, 2009 3:08 pm
Location: Getting The Met to get around
Particularly the smearing to cover the names.
How can they put a name there against the persons wishes.
And still the question remains- who is responsible?
Stickers are easily removed... 
Shall we take bets how many docks it will take before those trains are un-named, or otherwise defaced?
Posted: Nov 06, 2009 4:06 pm
Location: Geelong Railway Line, VIC
The resemblance is uncanny.
They look like they've never been on a train before, but that's another story.
Posted: Nov 07, 2009 7:30 pm
The resemblance is uncanny.
They look like they've never been on a train before, but that's another story.
Kosky looks worried, she is probably missing her chauffer driven government car!
I can understand if they wear those flak jackets in a Siding, but why on a train...FFS take those things off, they look stupid
Posted: Nov 09, 2009 1:17 pm
Maybe she's worried that the train will capsize and she doesn't trust the buoyancy vest to float in the water.
Posted: Nov 09, 2009 1:45 pm
Location: Geelong Railway Line, VIC
Trains a very dangerous you know, too dangerous for a useless politician who is of of higher class than the average commuter.
Then again, if she was seen on a train during peak hour, I think there might be several disgruntled passengers who'd like to say a few things.
Posted: Nov 09, 2009 6:47 pm
Location: Finke
The resemblance is uncanny.
They look like they've never been on a train before, but that's another story.
Kosky looks worried, she is probably missing her chauffer driven government car!
I can understand if they wear those flak jackets in a Siding, but why on a train...FFS take those things off, they look stupid
They both look totally out of place - particularly Kosky. Perhaps they are expecting a fishplate through the window or someone to come and spew on them. The flak jackets are just plain ridiculous it's a wonder that they aren't wearing crash hats and lace up steelcaps as well.
I have theory as to why she looks stupid and it's not because it's an optical illusion.........
Posted: Nov 09, 2009 7:03 pm
Location: Getting The Met to get around
Which part of "there are 38 new sets" don't you get?You don't have to "take away" anything from it.
The Hitachis are not disappearing on a set-by-set basis when the new trains arrive.
And given that fleet use is ~95%, you aren't taking half away for repairs.
I don't think he understands that it's 38 6-car trains.
So to translate for him, that's 76 3-car sets.
Posted: Nov 09, 2009 8:45 pm
Location: Melbourne, Australia
The resemblance is uncanny.
They look like they've never been on a train before, but that's another story.
Kosky looks worried, she is probably missing her chauffer driven government car!
I can understand if they wear those flak jackets in a Siding, but why on a train...FFS take those things off, they look stupid
They both look totally out of place - particularly Kosky. Perhaps they are expecting a fishplate through the window or someone to come and spew on them. The flak jackets are just plain ridiculous it's a wonder that they aren't wearing crash hats and lace up steelcaps as well.
I have theory as to why she looks stupid and it's not because it's an optical illusion.........
I bet they are in a worksafe zone which dictates the wearing of those jackets in a contruction zone inside or out. I guess/speculate they has to cross tracks etc to board and not just step in via a normal station platform.
Sorry to think about it
Regards,David Head
Posted: Nov 10, 2009 3:50 pm