Re: Quick quiz: Name that locomotive!

[John Dennis <jdennis@acslink.net.au>]

In article <914mce$som$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
  james_shugg@my-deja.com wrote:
> In article <gbia3ts14v67jqvbgpo0i43mtkkkbrtlaf@4ax.com>,
>   billboltonREMOVE-TO-EMAIL@computer.org (Bill Bolton) wrote:
>
> This loco (on rare occasion admittedly)
> hauled the crack passenger train in one state, when other more
powerful
> locos were not available.  Even today, it occasionally hauls passenger
> trains on the "premier preserved railway" in NSW, and does/has done
> passenger service in Victoria (on various gauges), and in WA and Tas
> as well.  But no-one seems to know anything about this Versatile, Very
> attractive looking, Veteran of the rails, built by Vulcan (and others)
> a Very long tome ago.
>
> Now there's a hint or two.

I would guess you mean an 0-6-0 diesel, although the varieties
running in the various states were very different.  Some were diesel
mechanical, some diesel-electric, others (probably) diesel-hydraulic.

I have much more difficulty in finding any "premier preserved railway"
in NSW.

JD
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