Saw a Frankston bound Siemens train along Nepean Highway tonight with a very interesting new feature...
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Siemens Train With X'Trapolis Horn
shaun001
Station Master
sparkdriver
Assistant Commissioner
Location: Melbourne
I drove that train on Friday and it's just a faulty whistle as the high note whistle is still a normal Siemens high whistle. I doubt they are combining Xtrap and Siemens whistles together.
vlinecars
V/Man - "Yeah!"
Location: Here, there, everywhere!
A mate of mine who works at Metro maintaining the Siemens fleet has the following to add:
The supplier for the “low” tone trumpet for the horn on the Siemens train no longer make them, so they are indeed changing them for the same ones used on the X-trap fleet. Whenever a “low” tone trumpet becomes unserviceable it will be changed over.
Heihachi_73
Chief Commissioner
Location: Terminating at Ringwood
A horn is not a whistle. 153M has a horn, whereas K153 has a whistle.
richardlu_yy
Chief Train Controller
Location: Singapore
A horn is not a whistle. 153M has a horn, whereas K153 has a whistle.You will find that the technical term for the "horn" is indeed a whistle.
shaun001
Station Master
816M is still getting around...
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ARodH
Chief Train Controller
Location: East Oakleigh, Vic
Yes, it's a bit of a necro but it explains why I've recently been hearing X'Trapolis horns sounding at Huntingdale station, all the way in East Oakleigh. For a moment there I thinking that if they've finally certified the X'Trapolis for use on the Dandenong line, I must've missed the announcement.
shaun001
Station Master
There's quite a few getting around now.
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