Re: electric loco 4501 or 7001

["John Wayman" <trecker@optusnet.com.au>]

"ROY HOWARTH" <rhowarth@ihug.com.au> wrote in message
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> Someone from the RTM may wish to clarify, but I understand they are
> considering dropping 7100 from the list of exhibits as they now have two
> 46-class locos under their wing - one static (4601 @ Valley Heights) and
> one operational (4638 @ Delec).
>
> This makes 7100 effectively superflous to their requirements as it isn't
> considered a "major development" in technology, being only a test-bed.

Good to see a museum with that attitude. Too many of them preserve the one
offs and the unusual, and the typical that everyone remembers is lost
forever,

Cheers
John Wayman