Re: S trucks? How old r they? WAS: Re: what is in the 's' truck at 3801 ltd?

["K.Andronicus" <kda4203@telpacific.com.au>]

What are you referring to the load box in the "s" truck or the "s" truck
itself.
Skippy <fowler9@skippy9spammeifyoudare.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> I gathered that it had been around for ages but transfering this topic
onto
> the S truck's how long has this particular 1 been around? Would it be at
> least 40 years since the 1st one ran on the NSWGR tracks????
>
> Skippy
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> K.Andronicus <kda4203@telpacific.com.au> wrote in message
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> > Geoff it's been in "service" long before Countrylink was even thought
of.
> > In railway lingo it's called a load box.
> > <glillic@msn.com.au> wrote in message
> > news:uPsp5.37759$c5.105116@newsfeeds.bigpond.com...
> > > It is the resistance grid owned by Countrylink used to test the
> > loco-hauled
> > > power vans (ex Griffith/Broken Hill trains). These are still used with
> the
> > > RSA inspection cars. The only S-truck with power jumpers?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Geoff Lillico
> > >
> > >
> > > "Chris" <chris@enet21.com.au> wrote in message
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> > > > hi,
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> > > >
> > > > What is in the 'S' truck at 3801 ltd? It is about the size of a
public
> > > > telephone box (but made of steel with a sort of roof) and has been
> > sitting
> > > > in that 'S' truck for years.
> > > >
> > > > Chris
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