Re: [Ausloco] About South Australian Diesels

["ben scaro" <bscaro@hotmail.com>]

Hi Rod and Les

This sort of stuff is very interesting.  Do you have any info on the Pt 
Lincoln fleet ?  I'm currently trying to work out exactly when the 830s over 
there got their double skinned roofs/sun visors and aircon added.

Some dirt on the NTs and NJs would also be welcome.

Cheers

Ben


>From: "Rod Young" <freight_man@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: Ausloco@egroups.com
>To: Ausloco@egroups.com
>Subject: [Ausloco] About South Australian Diesels
>Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 10:21:02 -0000
>
>I am forwarding this message from Les Smith ( who by the way was
>C.M.E at A.N.  when it Ruled the Nullabor.) I will send Les
>information on how to join Ausloco, and perhaps Administrators could
>also make sure that he is able to post soonest. I have had some
>enjoyable chats, and know Les has a lot to tell. Les could be just
>the one to get this group firmly on topic.
>What do you all think?  :o)
>Rod
>
>Subject: 500 & 800's m.u.???
>
>As a non-subscriber I just thought this may wet a few appetites.
>
>
>Two 500's were set up to m.u. back to back and worked out of DRY
>CRK.North for some years. They had an electric jumper.
>
>The m.u. equipment was removed from the 800's way back in history.The
>odd one may have survived with one end only. They spent their last
>years out at Gillman etc as they had an axle problem.....slightly
>bent and were not allowed to go for main-line gallops.Their engines
>diedin the end.
>
>The 930's of course had 68-74volt controls and m.u.'d with all ALCO
>& EMD units.
>We never got one out on the desert as Pt. Augusta crews would not
>allow it. The 600's did get to work the Leigh Creek coalies and a 600
>did do an Alice to Tarcoola to get a train home. An EL did work a
>coalie too!
>
>The 930's, 700's & the 600's suffered badly for many years due to
>home-made parts and local modifications. We did get some going pretty
>well in the end.
>   958 after o/haul went out with a fuel limit governor and other
>parts "genuine" as   well as a few mod's removed and did not make any
>black-smoke.
>  The 700's all had bigger generators fitted ex Ham. Iron C628's and
>"genuine" parts fitted etc.....two of the SIlverton units had
>fire-walls added.
>  Some 600's were up-rated to 2000hp and the parts for one to go to
>2200hp were in stock but they went missing in the shift to Dry Creek.
>2200hp was the generator limit. Unfortunately other management levels
>decreed some 600's go to MKA for conversion to "slugs" instead of
>some written-off GM's.
>
>I can tell a few more tales, like 600's on the I.P. down from Pt.
>Augusta and the night we ran a single 830 on a half I.P.consist to
>Pt.Augusta.Also why the 930's behaved like dogs on the Overland.
>
>Regards,
>Les Smith.
>

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