Re: G542

[James Brook <ajmbrook@ozemail.com.au>]

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G533 and G542 are both painted the same. I haven't seen any other G class locos
in the Freight Australia livery so I don't know how they are painted. I also
think the "Freight Australia" sign is in a strange position compared to the
Freight Victoria livery on G543. I think the design of the wings on G543 look
much better than G533 and G542. The design on the A and X class locos has
remained almost the same with only a few minor modifications, so I don't see
why they needed to change the wings on the G class.

Here is a photo of G533, G542 and X45 hauling a load of empty FA wheat hoppers
at Beveridge on 1/4/2000:
http://www.railpage.org.au/vr/pics/march2000/g533_g542_x45_beveridge.jpg

Here is a photo of G543 with the up Quarry train at Kilmore East on 31/1/2000:
http://www.railpage.org.au/vr/pics/nswrtm_r700/g543_quarry_up.jpg

Note: These images are copyright and are not to be used for anything other than
personal non-profit use without my permission.

Stephen Molloy wrote:

> Aus loco discussion mailing list
>
> While looking at some shots l got back today i couldn't work out why G542
> looked awful in FA livery when all the others didn't seem to look to bad.
> After looking atshots of other G's l noticed that the application of the
> wings on the cabs differs.  On other G's the 3 broken wings that are angled
> all finish between the marker lights and the Australia map, about half way,
> on 542 these taper back on the red marker light, giving the front a very
> large flat appearance, simialar to the appearance of ASR ALF's.  I'm not
> sure if 542 has been altered since the pics were taken as these were taken
> about a couple of days after it was finished, so it may have since been
> altered.
>
> Stephen Molloy



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