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RE: Mountain motive power

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d/a Means "Dead Attached."

86 Class are electric units, 48 Class are ALOC DL-531G units.

Cheers

Brett

-----Original Message-----
From:	joseph wessel [SMTP:wes112@hotmail.com]
Sent:	Saturday, 2 October 1999 7:44
To:	Ausloco@listbot.com
Subject:	Re: Mountain motive power

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what is d/a supposed to mean. Just a yank that wants to know

wes
>From: "Brian Ayling" <bayling@hermes.net.au>
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>To: "Ausloco" <Ausloco@listbot.com>
>Subject: Mountain motive power
>Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 18:42:54 +1000
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>Some interesting movements across the Blue Mountains today.
>A down empty cement train was powered by an 81 + 80 + 81; it was through
>Katoomba about 11:20, right behind 1827 Blayney freight (82 class).
>Thanks to Telstra at Parramatta for advance notice of these movements.
>8162 up Blayney freight was powered by 80 + 48 + 48; through Katoomba at
>14:08.
>
>The cement trains often seem to be used for engine balancing and see
>varied motive power.  Last Saturday's 1757 cement had 81 + 80 + 48 + 48;
>a few weeks ago the same train had 86 + 86 + 48 d/a.  Photographers
>beware - 1757 often runs up to 4 hours ahead of table.
>
>86 class have seen a fair amount of use in recent weeks, after being
>absent for most of August.  Apart from the usual coal traffic, electrics
>have again appeared on some general freight.
>
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