Re: Surviving R classes (was: West Coast Railway and 6042 - AD60 Garrett)

["MattyQ" <matticue@corplink.com.au>]

James Brook <ajmbrook@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
3882DEF2.4F788B27@ozemail.com.au">news:3882DEF2.4F788B27@ozemail.com.au...
> > I would dearly love to see H220 restored to operating condition.
However, I
> > am told by a "reliable source" that there aren't many tracks around
strong
> > enough to cope with the extremely high mass of the loco (approx 260 ton,
I'm
> > told). Still, one can only dream   :-)
>
> It would be too expensive to maintain and operate. Also as H220 is one of
a kind
> it should not be modified in any way.

Who said anything about modifying it?


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