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RE: Locomotives and heat/cold

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Some of the early NSW loco's di not like the heat very much. The 47's come
immediately to mind and of course they were sent to western NSW to work.
There are many photos of 47's on trains with the tops of the hoods opened up
to allow air movement.

Wayne Coleman
Lucerne/Canola Seed Production Agronomist
colemanw@phibred.com <mailto:colemanw@phibred.com> 


-----Original Message-----
From: Haby Steven [mailto:Haby@acer.edu.au]
Sent: Friday, 4 February 2000 14:28
To: 'Aus loco discussion mailing list'
Subject: Locomotives and heat/cold


Aus loco discussion mailing list

Afternoon all,

With temperatures soaring in S Aust and Vic (and Victoria with power
restrictions/blackouts) a technical, yet timely, question is how well do
various classes/types of locomotives fare in extremely hot and/or humid
conditions.

I'd be interested if anyone had anecdotal evidence of locomotive performance
in extreme weather conditions, e.g. NSU/NTs on the NAR/CR, 39 class
electrics in FNQ, NRs across the Nullabor and so on.

The venerable VR T class I believe suffered from extreme cold and frozen
radiators.

Do electric locomotives suffer as much in the heat as say a diesel,
particularly with the big fans they have to keep the traction motors/engines
cool.

Cheers

Steven Haby
In a very hot Melbourne


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