Re: Clyde/GM G8's and G12's (was: [VIC] A66 & A60 should be preserved)

["John Smith" <jsmith@hotmail.com>]

James Brook <ajmbrook@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
>John Wayman wrote:>>> Don't NSW 49 class resemble flat top Ts? Also a few on the old QR, but I>> can't remember the class. How about QR, VR and NSW diesels of this outline>> on one train. That would get me along for the tour. The trouble would be>> getting them all on the same gauge! :0)>>The VR 1st series T class was a Clyde/GM G8 Bo-Bo locomotive. The QR 1400 class>was similar in appearance to the VR 1st series T, except it was a A1A-A1A G12.>The 1450 (Clyde/GM G12R) class was an improved version of the 1400. This was a>Co-Co locomotive and the main visible difference was the longer hoods. BHP had>two G8's as well as several G12's for use on their South Australian iron ore>railways. Except for the last two units, these looked similar to the VR T class>and had a Bo-Bo wheel arrangement. Australian Portland Cement at Fyansford>purchased a Bo-Bo G8 and this later became T413. The NSWGR 49 class is a G8,>but it is similar to the second series T class, ie: it has a high cab. It !
is>also slightly longer and it has a Co-Co wheel arrangement.>>-->- James Brook ->>---------------------------------------------------------------->e-mail:>mailto:ajmbrook@ozemail.com.au>Victorian Railfan Web Site:>http://www.railpage.org.au/vr/>---------------------------------------------------------------->>

DE02 is still in existance at Whyalla.

This was the last G8 in use at Lincoln, and was shipped back to WHYALLA so parts could be borrowed for the overhaul of the other locomotives.

I am not sure of her mechanical completeness, but she is surely the least modified of the G8/G12's built and worthy of preservation.