Re: [TAS] Rare sight in Hobart

[John Duncan McCallum <mccallum@melbpc.org.au>]

Mke Dix wrote:
 
> Lets get the facts straight here:
 

 
> However note that the two ZR locos are not your typical EE
> loco. They differ in two major points:
 
> 1. They have been rewired from the standard EE 100 volts to
> the standard American 78 volts;
 
> 2. Their infinitely variable EE pneumatic controllers have
> been replaced by notched controllers, so they behave more
> like a standard American/Australian loco than a typical EE.

> Michael Dix

Thanks for this info. 
What a pity someone did not think of doing this earlier. It would 
have made WAGR & QR operations a lot easier.

John McCallum