Re: [VIC] Diesel "Y" #1567

["Stuart Thyer" <s.thyer@anatomy.unimelb.edu.au>]

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In article <395c6382$0$17015$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au>, "Rod
Young" <freight_man@hotmail.com> wrote:


>[ALERT] RUMOUR #1567
>Seems that New or at least highly upgraded bogies are to be fitted to Y
>Class Locos.
>They will be shorter, allowing relocation of the fuel tank and will be
>fitted with "new" traction motors. Traction Motors being considered are
>those NG ones being removed from N Class Locomotives. Gearing will be
>standard allowing the Y to be hauled at 115 kph, rather than the current 65
>kph, allowing transfers to Portland Bairnsdale and Wodonga to be made
>without delaying trains.
>

I don't get it Rod, the fuel tank on a Y is directly in front of the cab, so
why does it need shifting?  Unless of course they remotor the locos and need
more body length. Is this what is likely?


Stuart Thyer
Photographer
University of Melbourne