It won't be long before the first of the Tangaras are 30 years old. With the arrival of the Waratah trains, its interesting to reflect on the promotion of the Tangaras when they were about to be introduced, in particular the championing of the Australian made components. A contrast to today when the partially Chinese built Waratahs are almost embarrassingly slipped into service.
A word from our leader (the other Barry)....
The mockup, note the desto....
Some bits ended up looking a bit different....
Companies were proud to be associated- BHP, Mitsubishi Electric Australia and of course Goninan.
Heres a pic of the stainless steel construction....
And finally propaganda from the government on how well they are doing, note the Maldon-Dombarton line.
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I once had a 1987 souvenir Tangara ticket given to me by John Newman MP. Labor MPs were very proud of the Tangara, a sign of desperation?
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