Railway Questions: Asia

• Fryderyk HPH

  8 Jun 10, 00:52

  Another question.
  When KTM "retires" their coaches(do they even do that, or do they sell?), do they scrap them for metal or convert and refurbish the interiors to use them again?

   

  I say the word "retire" in a generic form.

• NickLimâ„¢

  8 Jun 10, 11:03

  Originally posted by Fryderyk HPH:

  Another question.
  When KTM "retires" their coaches(do they even do that, or do they sell?), do they scrap them for metal or convert and refurbish the interiors to use them again?

   

  I say the word "retire" in a generic form.

  Scrap metal.

• Fryderyk HPH

  8 Jun 10, 23:37

  Another question.

   

  I saw this train on wiki... Looks really similar to the Siemens Velaro design...
  

   

  Especially the nose.
  Is this a JV between Siemens and Hitachi?
  It is the Class885 Kamome in JR Kyushu operating as Limited Express trains.