Re: [Qld] ""New"" South Afica steam loco

[Rob Kearey <robk@powerup.com.au>]

Graham Fry wrote:

> The locos are SAR 24 class 2-8-4. They are a branch line loco with a
> tractive effort of 27600lbs (don't know metric equiv). They were built
> between 1939 and 1949 and were designed to operate on 45lb rail. In
> normal SAR operation they were fitted with a large torpedo tender. My
> understanding is that the work in NZ is a "nip and tuck" to ensure that
> they fit the QR loading guage which is lot smaller than SAR.

It all seems a bit of a shame to go to all this trouble, though. There
are still quite a few suitable QR locos in reasonable order that would
have done the trick.

Gad. It'll be like watching Trax 48's coupled to UP SD40's at the
Brisbane Minature Train Exhibition again.

> Graham Fry

Rob K