Re: electric loco 4501 or 7001

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au>]

"Dean A Stalker" <dstalker@dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message
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> They're Diesels aren't they? I'm not an expert on anything NSW but I could
> have sworn the 45s and 70s were DELS.

The first electric loco in NSW was 4501. When they wanted to introduce a new
class of diesels, they wanted to call them 45 class, so (electric) 4501
became 7100.

Dave