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Since
2000, V/Line has contracted EDI Rail (formerly Clyde Engineering)
to provide all of its fleet maintenance services. This includes
preventative maintenance and refurbishments, washing, and fixing
any faults found with the rolling stock fleet.
During 2004-05,
more than 16,300 routine preventative examinations took place,
and 35 major overhauls were carried out.
Cleaners contracted by V/Line
go through the carriages when they are stabled each night vacuuming,
cleaning the toilets emptying bins and cleaning up general mess
(rubbish left in the saloon areas such as newspapers, etc.).
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| Waste is pumped out
of the carriages’ retention toilets at Spencer Street by the EDI
Rail ‘Toilet Truck’, which is a small truck has a large chrome tank
with a hose attached in place of a tray section. The hose from the
tank is connected to the carriages’ waste output socket, and waste
is pumped out by the tank. This generally occurs at least weekly
with each carriage/carriage set. |
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| The 'Toilet Truck' in
action. |
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Each week,
preventative maintenance examinations by EDI rail staff take place in each
carriage which is in service to check for any damages and/or faults that
need to be fixed.
Every five weeks, a more thorough inspection is performed in which just
about every component of the carriage is checked to make sure it is in
working order.
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External cleaning of carriages is completed at the car washes at
both Spencer Street and Geelong. This generally happens when the
carriages are not required for service for the remainder of the day,
and are in need of a wash.
The carriages are separated from
the locomotive taking them through the wash by a VZKF flat
wagon. |
| Y156+VZKF17,
at Geelong. VZKF17 is one of two Car Wash
spacers used by V/Line |
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| Geelong Car Wash. |
Extensive inspections
occur every twelve months, which includes the servicing of the carriages
undercarriage equipment (bogies, brakes, alternators) and air conditioning.
Typically every two
and a half years each carriage set or individual carriage has its bogies and
brakes rebuilt, and every five years they are repainted, with seat fabrics,
carpets and other inside furnishings replaced where required.
General maintenance
(such as weekly/five weekly checks), and yearly servicing is usually
completed at the EDI Rail Spencer Street Carriage Maintenance Depot.
Larger maintenance
tasks are performed at the EDI Rail Newport Workshops.
Railcar
Maintenance
Sprinter maintenance is typically undertaken at the Spencer Street
Rail Car Depot, inside the EDI Rail
Spencer Street Carriage Maintenance Depot and EDI Rail's Newport
and Ballarat East Workshops.
VLocity maintenance is undertaken at the
EDI Rail Spencer Street Carriage Maintenance Depot and Bombardier's factory
in Dandenong.
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