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Old 9th October 2009, 18:00
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Originally Posted by Scott V View Post
Thanks so much for that feedback. The reason I ask is that I'm involved in a study that is looking at the replacement of a large loco hauled sleeper & sitter consists of up to 23 carriages with other more modern configurations. The platform length would not be a problem but I'm definately interested in the fuel consumption comments. We have also started to investigate noise issues with DMU's in relation to sleeper. The feedback we have so far is that the new generation DMU's are now much quieter. Any comment on that please?
The idea of using a DMU for a sleeper service is just evil.

How dare you even consider it!
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