Re: [Ausloco] Re: Overland loco's

["Freightman" <freight_man@hotmail.com>]

How many cars did the N's handle through the Adelaide Hills?
Single N (2400 hp)  + 11 cars I think.
A "G" / "BL" (3300hp) should have little trouble handling 15 cars (about 750
tonnes)
We used to take 13 Cars on the SOP (650 tonnes) with an X (1800 hp), our
speed up Heathcote and Tallarook would be about 50 kph though!
Today I hauled 9691 [  G536 + 14 trailing 302.1 meters and 550.1 tonnes] up
from Jacana to Tallarook and made line speed easily on all hills of 80 kph,
despite crosses at Somerton and Wallan via No 2 rds both times.
Gee, I still remember Firing with George Lynch on S317 plus 950 tonnes and
speeds so slow I would get out and place ballast in front of the Loco to
keep it moving up Tallarook, at about 3 -5 kph and fully in the red :o(

Rod Young
http://hobsonmodelrail.rrdepot.com/
Foundation President and Co-Founder
Hobson's Bay Model Railway Club Inc.
Operators of Australia's only 'Australian' Model Railway Show
Every Easter in Melbourne.
and my page
http://hobsonmodelrail.rrdepot.com/rods


----- Original Message -----
From: Stone Rhett-C20143 <c20143@email.mot.com>
To: <Ausloco@egroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 3:22 PM
Subject: RE: [Ausloco] Re: Overland loco's


> No, both BL 's are under repair at RTS in Melbourne. They are still used
on
> the Overland. I saw it the other week with 15 cars and needs no banker
> through the hills.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: alan holding [mailto:alanholding@ozemail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 3:06 PM
> To: 'Ausloco'
> Subject: [Ausloco] Re: Overland loco's
>
>
> G'day all,
> I hear that the Overland is back to "full strength" with long trains now
> quite common! Some 15 - 16 cars instead of the 7 or 8 which has, in the
> past, been common.
> This being so, can anyone advise whether a "Not Raucous" (NR!) is at the
> point these days instead of the BL class.
> If a BL is still used, what loco/s assist, if at all, from/to Tailem Bend?
> Thanks in anticipation...
> From "inquisitive me"...  AH
>
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