Re: EE Locos

[Bruce Bellingham <bruce.bellingham@clear.net.nz>]

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Just to clarify a couple of things between my post re the Df/Di/Db 
(Spellchecker did a silly thing and put in Dub instead of Db), and John 
Regan's message re the Df/Dj South Island combinations. 

The period I referred to was around 1969 - 1975, when the original EE Df 
class was still in service in the North Island. They had all been 
withdrawn by 1975, and the GM Df class arrived in 1982/83. Db 1016 was, 
as far as I know, only used in the North Island,as all of the Df, Di and 
most of the Db's were working east of Hamilton to the Bay of Plenty 
during that period.
All of the NZR EE units used engine speed control through the 
electric/hydraulic governer, which gave idle+1st increase+second 
increase, so several notches had same engine speed, just increased 
generator loading. If I remember correctly, the Di's had a third speed 
increase, but I can't find any relevant notch no's or RPM's.

Hope that clears any confusion for all of you in the Western Island of 
NZ!!

Cheers 
Bruce.


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